On Edge Self Harm Lesson Plan Resource Pack

On Edge

This resource pack for teachers and other practitioners working with young people outlines lessons plans designed to give pupils a rounded view of self-harm and the support available - additional resources to accompany the lessons can be found here

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Self-Harm in Context (Wednesday)

This online workshop covers what self-harm is and why people might hurt themselves, as well as providing space to think about helpful responses to self-injury.
Self-Harm in Context (Tuesday)

This online workshop covers what self-harm is and why people might hurt themselves, as well as providing space to think about helpful responses to self-injury.
Self-Harm in Context (Wednesday)

This online workshop covers what self-harm is and why people might hurt themselves, as well as providing space to think about helpful responses to self-injury.
Meet the Team

Meet the team of our oral history project, Women Listening to Women!

Guide to support students through COVID-19
Women Listening to Women

We are recruiting volunteers to help us research and record the story of how feminist activists created the Bristol Crisis Service for Women, a groundbreaking peer-led organisation for women in distress.
Library Directory
Guidance on teaching about mental health and emotional wellbeing
Developing a self-harm policy
Supporting children and young people who self-harm: guidelines for school staff
NHS guidelines and resources for schools to help support children and young people who self-harm
Guidance to providing effective support for self-harm amongst University Students: A student’s perspective
Young People who self-harm: A guide for school staff
Creating a school self-Injury policy

Women's Self Injury Support Services

Please don't hesitate to contact us for free, confidential, non-judgemental support around self-injury and related issues. All services open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7pm - 9.30pm. Please click here for details of how to access our support services.
What is self-injury?

Understand more about self-harm and self-injury
Why does it happen?

Find out some of the reasons behind self-harm and self-injury
UK Support Groups and Other Services

Comprehensive listing of local and national self-harm and self-injury support groups and organisations
Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary
Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Risk Factors

Learn about the factors that increase the risk of self-harm and self-injury
About Us - Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values

Read more about our vision that anyone who uses self-injury knows they are not alone; that everyone understands that self-injury is a complex and important issue we should all care about and that together we tackle both the causes and stigma of self-injury.
Distractions and alternatives
Launch of Self-Harm Prevention App distrACT

Self injury Support was involved in the development of the distrACT a self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol in November 2017.