FirstSigns

Have you ever wondered where the name LifeSIGNS came from, or why the ‘SIGNS’ part is always in capital letters? Well, it was Wedge who named LifeSIGNS when he created the organisation itself six years ago, and here’s how: When Wedge first decided to launch a self-injury awareness organisation back in 2002, he was keen [...]

SANE is a national mental health charity which aims to raise awareness of mental illness and campaign to improve services and initiate and fund research into the causes of serious mental illness through its research centre. Information and emotional support is also provided to anyone affected by mental illness via the helpline, SANEline and by [...]

Wedge founded our voluntary organisation in 2002, and although he has worked with several different members of our Management Committee over the years, Wedge has been the one continuum throughout. I’m thrilled to be here for our latest and greatest birthday! So many people have great ideas and early enthusiasm, but it takes something special [...]

I know we said the end of April for delivery of our fantastic new LifeSIGNS badge sets, but they have arrived early so everyone who has pre-ordered will be getting them next week If you haven’t ordered yours yet and would like to, please do so from here If you’d like to buy more than [...]

The BBC is creating a ‘magazine tv series’ called Sunday Life, due to start next month. Although the show will have faith and ethics at its heart, it will be topical and, most importantly, driven by compelling human stories. On Sunday 20th April they will be focusing on suicide and Anna would like to hear [...]

Just a little blog to note that other orgs are also talking about self-injury in adults. Why Services Are Failing The Adults Who Selfharm

We know it’s hard to go to your doctor, we know it’s hard to talk about self-injury and the distressing things behind it. At LifeSIGNS, we believe that getting help and support is a brave step forward, and something that has benefited many of our members once they’ve found the strength to take that step. [...]

Self-Harm? Is that like Self-Injury? People use different terms for self-injury; SI, SH, DSH (Deliberate Self Harm), SIB (Self Injurious Behaviour), Self Mutilation, Cutting; some people even include self-injury when they say ‘parasuicide’. Hospitals and Doctors might use different words, but whatever words we use, are we talking about the same thing? LifeSIGNS feels that [...]

I travelled up to North London early this morning for an ICT in Mental Health Event organised by the ICT Hub. During registration I got chatting to a lady from MIND and she asked me about LifeSIGNS. I was only too happy to answer her questions, and soon found others were listening and asking for [...]

Self-Injury Awareness day is only two weeks away, so if you want to get involved then why not have a look at the SIAD page on the LifeSIGNS website. We have everything you need to make this SIAD a success, including template letters for you to send to newspapers, radio shows and MP’s. Or why [...]