Right Here volunteers are working hard to reduce the stigma attached to self harm, and to increase awareness and understanding of why people self harm, how to communicate about it, and where to go for support.

Our mini support guide

Volunteers have designed and produced a mini support guide called Talking about Self harm, launched officially on Self-Injury Awareness Day, 1st March 2014. The guide contains all the information below.

• Understanding self harm
• Communicating about self harm
• Keeping yourself safe
• Ideas to help
• Confidentiality
• Help and support services

Download the Right Here Brighton & Hove Self Harm Guide here.

Download the Right Here West Sussex Self Harm Guide here. 

We do have samples of the Self Harm guide. Due to costs, we do request that you collect these from our office or the postage yourselves. If you are in Brighton & Hove you can collect our guides from The Dialogue Centre, 65 Blatchington Road, Hove, BN3 3YJ – please email [email protected] for more information.  If you are in West Sussex please email [email protected]  for more information.

Click here to download it, or pick one up at your GP surgery, school, youth club, or at the Right Here office.

Our research report

In 2013 our volunteers held a number focus groups with young people and medical/educational professionals who work with them, to examine their perceptions and understanding of young people and self harm in Brighton and Hove. The findings have been compiled in an in-depth research report: click here to read it.

Our workshops

Our volunteers also deliver a one-hour peer-led workshop to 13-25 year olds in Brighton and Hove at schools, colleges, youth clubs and residential houses. To find out more about our workshops, click here.