FirstSigns

We’d like to hear from people from within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community about self-injury.
We have the chance to feature in a magazine that champions diversity and the BME community.
So, we’d like to ask if you, as a member of the BME community, if you’d be willing to provide a quote about your [...]

Wedge will be on the radio on Monday, arguing that health-care professionals mustn’t simply forbid a person from hurting themselves, but rather, support the person as they learn to make new choices and find new coping methods.

The Guardian, and other newspapers, are reporting that certain hospitals and mental health centres are ‘assisting’ people to self-injure, and going so far as to provide tools to hurt yourself with.

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This is sensationalism. The newspapers are whipping up a storm. We have advised the NHS for many many years that when supporting a person in [...]

What is it with researchers? Why is it that every study that comes out contradicts the previous one? One month coffee is good for the heart, the next it’s bad. One year mono-unsaturates are good for you, but these days we have to avoid ‘trans-fats’ – whatever they are. More people are staying in the [...]

We get our web address into Cosmo, and Jules gets quoted.

A journalist working for an international press agency has requested a young, female volunteer to speak about her experiences of self-injury.
The journalist would ideally would like to find a female participant. She would like to speak to a young person *and* her family about the support they have received to tackle self-injury. Alternatively she would [...]

Muireann would like to speak anonymously with a young person regarding self-injury, please contact me on Wedge@lifesigns.org.uk with the email subject of ‘Muireann‘ if you’d like to take part.
Muireann says:
My name is Muireann and I am a freelance journalist, studying for an MA in Magazine Journalism in City University, London.
I am researching for a [...]

We have tickets to give away to a new play, that focuses in a young girl who self-harms.
The Solas Theatre Company is performing at The Pleasance Theatre in Islington, and we’ve got tickets for you and a friend / loved one for opening night on Tuesday 10th of June (7:45pm) – all you have to [...]

The makers of ‘The Secret Cut’ have been kind enough to send LifeSIGNS a copy of their DVD; we would like to offer it to a member so that you can review it for us, and let British people know your thoughts on this American production.
If you live in the UK and would like to [...]

Volunteering England has featured LifeSIGNS within its Volunteering Magazine!
Here’s how the interview went.
Q Please could you tell us how LifeSIGNS started?A I ‘Came Out’ about my self-injury and started seeking help when I was at University; I started writing my personal thoughts on my own website and then I realised I had to do more [...]