Self-Harm - what, who, why and how to help

Bullet points of the key information needed to understand self-injury

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Were you involved with the Bristol Crisis Service for Women between 1986 and 2014?

Get involved with our heritage project! Over the next 18 months we will be recording oral histories of the women who founded, worked and volunteered at the pioneering Bristol Crisis Service for Women. We want to capture as many memories of being involved with this groundbreaking organisation from as many women as possible, so if you or someone you know have got something to share, please get in touch.
Virtually Listening (Wednesday)

This online workshop offers a practical guide to approaching support via a range of remote technologies. It aims to build knowledge and confidence in the face of potentially challenging situations.
Virtually Listening (Thursday)

This online workshop offers a practical guide to approaching support via a range of remote technologies. It aims to build knowledge and confidence in the face of potentially challenging situations.
Self-Help for Anyone (Thursday)

This online workshop offers a safe place to reflect on your personal self-harm spectrum, and steps you can take to look after yourself. It introduces a range of self-help tools, and explores what makes positive change possible.

Self Injury Support Services STILL OPEN

Our Support Services are still running despite lockdown. 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.