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Self-harm Awareness Day: A personal reflection

Self-harm Awareness Day: A personal reflection

To me, self harm awareness day is an incredibly important day. A 13 year battle with self harm that I'm yet to feel I have truly left behind means I have more than my fair share of experiences that show why more awareness of this issue is so

NHS Taskforce report

NHS Taskforce report

Recently the government released the Taskforce report about the current state of mental health services across England, I would encourage you to download it and have a read yourself. Read the full report [https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mental-Health-Taskforce-FYFV-final.pdf] [https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/

Impact for Phase Raffle

Impact for Phase Raffle

We have an amazing raffle happening, where you can win some fantastic prizes!! 2 x 5 Personal training sessions worth over £400* Signed Saracens Rugby team Shirt - priceless! 2 Physio sessions with top sports therapist Liam George worth over £80 Hotel Chocolat Tasting Table worth £65 3 course meal

November campaign update

november campaign

November campaign update

November may seem like a long time ago, however, it has taken us a little while to count up everything that came in through our November Campaign. We are extremely pleased to announce that the grand total of the campaign was....... £11,000 This is made up of people dropping

Calls for better mental health education in schools

Calls for better mental health education in schools

Mental health is something that everyone of us needs to be aware of and mindful about. At Phase, in the past 18 months we have personally seen the rise of young people struggling with poor mental health issues. It was very encouraging to see another prominent figure, Nicola Roberts, former

Be a light at Christmas

Be a light at Christmas

What words do you associate with Christmas? Cambridge university press gathered data on the words most commonly associated with Christmas and the top 300 words revealed a strong association between the holidays and a sense of family and positive relationships as well as showing that the most frequent category to

Mind The Gap

A November article [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/child-health/article4612674.ece?shareToken=badf3805a0c22c8054485c70ef6d2865] in The Times has said that children all across the country with depression, anxiety and eating disorders are being denied treatment because of a lack of urgency by ministers to address a crisis in mental

Introducing Bethany

Introducing Bethany

Introductions are a difficult thing and I was going to attempt something vaguely humorous or original but how about hi, I’m Bethany, I am 20 years old and have never had a pot noodle. (Apparently that's a surprising fact??) I am joining the Phase team on placement

BBQ brings home the bacon!

BBQ brings home the bacon!

A barbeque organised by Phase partners earlier in the summer raised the grand sum of £500 for the new self-harm project. Around 30 friends came along to the fundraising event, held at the home of Judith and Les Ebdon on 12 June. They were treated to a fantastic BBQ feast,

Girlguiding Girls' Attitudes Survey 2015

Girlguiding Girls' Attitudes Survey 2015

Today the Girlguiding [http://new.girlguiding.org.uk] organisation released their annual attitudes survey [http://new.girlguiding.org.uk/latest-updates/making-a-difference/girls-attitudes-survey-2015] and the results were extremely interesting, particularly highlighting the need for more self-harm support and education for all. Self-harm was the biggest concern for girls aged 11-21, with

Let's Talk Video

Young People Featured

Let's Talk Video

[https://youtu.be/-ngrSSyMv-E] Our let's talk video [https://youtu.be/-ngrSSyMv-E] has been receiving fantastic feedback and has also been shared by over 100K people! Norman Lamb [http://www.twitter.com/normanlamb], Lib Dem MP was very impressed with it and even shared the link on twitter: