About LifeSIGNS. Sources of Information and Support

by LifeSIGNS

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About LifeSIGNS

LifeSIGNS (Self Injury Guidance & Network Support) is an Unincorporated Voluntary Organisation, run by directors who volunteer their time, and are responsible for their own individual actions.

We aim to support all people who are affected in anyway by self injury within the United Kingdom and beyond. We support people using self injury, and we support people who know self injurers and people (including Health Care Workers) who are interested in self injury.

We focus on the UK, as we are aware of the laws and medical practices in the UK, but we are happy for people outside of the UK to interact with LifeSIGNS.

LifeSIGNS is membership based; if you sign up for the Newsletter you are classed as a member. (Membership and the Newsletters are free.)

No one has to be a member; we offer our services to everyone.

Services

Website: - www.lifesigns.ukf.net central to the LifeSIGNS organisaton.

MSN Group: - a Private Message Board, a safe place on the web to converse with other Members.

Leaflets: - available to download from the website, a growing number of SI related leaflets.

Training: - LifeSIGNS is available to speak or lead a seminar for your class / organisation.

WAP Site: http://wappy.to/lifesigns on a WAP enabled mobile phone.

Newsletter: - monthly & free; emailed to Members; positive, pertinent articles.

e-Listening: - email listening service, a dedicated 'e-Listener' will read and respond to emails.

The Directors

LifeSIGNS is directed by 7 people, some of whom self injure, some of whom used to, and some of who have never self injured. This Booklet could not have been produced without the hard work of: Alison, Danny, Ella, Laura, Martin, Sara and Wedge.

Sources of Information and Support

Phone Lines

Self Harm Alliance	01242 578820	Tues 6-7pm Thurs 11am-1pm Sun 6-7pm www.selfharmalliance.org
Samaritans	08457 909090	24hrs, 365 days of the year. www.samaritans.org.uk
Saneline	0845 767 8000	12noon to 2am. www.sane.org.uk
Childline	0800 1111	24 hours, 365 days a year. www.childline.org.uk
Careline	0208 514 1177	Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm & 7pm - 10pm
MIND	08457 660 163	General information line, open 9.15am-5.15pm Mon-Fri. www.mind.org.uk
Bristol Crisis Service	0117 925 1119	Fri & Sat 9pm - 12:30am Sun 6-9pm For women. www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bcsw
CALM	0800 58 58 58	Free helpline open 5pm-3am, every day. For men. www.thecalmzone.net
Parentline	0808 800 2222	Helpline for anyone in a parenting role. www.parentlineplus.org.uk
NHS Direct	0845 4647	24 hrs. NOT a listening service but practical advise with regard to First Aid. www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

Email Support LifeSIGNS [e-mail]
Samaritans [e-mail]

Websites
In addition to those listed above

• www.lifesigns.ukf.net
• www.siari.co.uk
• www.nshn.co.uk
• www.selfinjury.freeserve.co.uk
• www.ncb.org.uk/selfharm
• www.ru-ok.com
• www.mentalhealth.org.uk
• www.depressionalliance.org
• www.no-panic.co.uk
• www.bbc.co.uk/health/mental
• www.selfharm.tv
• www.selfinjury.info
• www.youngminds.org.uk

Postal

Basement Project : PO Box 5, Abergavenny NP7 5XW

Survivors Speak Out : 34 Osnaburgh Street, London, NW1 3ND Provide 'Crisis cards' for Self Injurers

SASH : 20 Lackmore Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 4PB
Pen-Friends Network

Books - Non Fiction

• A Bright Red Scream by Marillee Strong
• The Language of Injury: Comprehending self mutilation by Gloria Babiker
• Making Sense of Self Harm by Lois Arnold
• Healing the Hurt Within by Jan Sutton
• Coping with Self Mutilation by Jordan Lee
• Bodies Under Siege by Armando R. Favazza
• Cutting by Steven Levenkron
• The Scarred Soul by Tracy Alderman
• Bodily Harm by Karen Conterio
• Cry of Pain by Mark Williams
• Skin Game by Caroline Kettlewell

Books - fiction and Personal Accounts

• Cut by Patricia McCormick
• Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
• Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

About the Author

www.lifesigns.org.uk
LifeSIGNS (Self Injury Guidance & Network Support) is an Unincorporated Voluntary Organisation. That means that we are an organisation, run by directors who volunteer their time, and are responsible for their own individual actions.