On Wednesday 11th May 2022, during Mental Health Awareness Week, BATTLE SCARS CEO & Founder, Jenny Groves, invites you to an online Seminar with Q&A session to introduce you to Battle Scars. Jenny will provide an overview of how Battle Scars was first created, as well as highlighting the services currently available, and those that are being developed for the UK's mental health community and wider domain.

BATTLE SCARS is a 100% survivor-led and run charity, and provides support to people affected by self-harm and eating disorders (incl. parents, carers, friends and family members within their own dedicated peer support group); creating safe places with people who understand, typically in peer support groups (mostly online at present, but some face-2-face groups are slowly re-opening), where people can talk openly without being judged. There's no assessment, no referral, and no waiting list.

BATTLE SCARS has a weekly young people's drop-in group (currently only offered in Leeds - we're hoping similar groups can be made available in other areas) for people aged 16-25.

BATTLE SCARS staff and trained volunteers deliver presentations and workshops in educational settings - currently only available in Leeds.

BATTLE SCARS provides training about self-harm or eating disorders for professionals, practitioners, and volunteers, with 1-day workshops, Q&A-style training for professional development, and can assist with policy writing; providing knowledge, understanding and insights about why people self-harm, i.e. the root causes, the triggers, the urges, and the reasons.

BATTLE SCARS has produced a unique 12-step self-harm addiction programme workbook, with 142 pages, broken into manageable sections for service-users, with a separate professionals' edition.

BATTLE SCARS Ambassadors deliver talks and presentations, take part at awareness events and spread the word at any relevant opportunity.

BATTLE SCARS offers useful resources (downloaded or ordered free from the Battle Scars website - https://www.battle-scars-self-harm.org.uk/resources.html) that will support and educate young people and adults on self-harm issues.

More information about Battle Scars can be found as:

www.battle-scars-self-harm.org.uk

or email: info@battle-scars.org.uk