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How group support ends self-harm

1 min read Extra-curricular Mental health
Activity sessions help to reduce self-harm among young people.

PROJECT

Harm 2 Calm

FUNDING

Funded and supported by Warwickshire Council's Targeted Support for Young People (TS4YP) service. Each course costs around £55 plus £20 per session for materials

BACKGROUND

Harm 2 Calm was a response to the high incidence of self-harm among young people referred for one-to-one support from Warwickshire's TS4YP service. Youth worker Charlotte Carr and colleague Sonia Brench wrote the programme in 2014 to support young people during waits for child and adolescent mental health services, and reduce their isolation and dependence on medication.

They started delivering Harm 2 Calm in September 2015 and have so far delivered two courses for 15 pupils at a school in Bedworth, north Warwickshire.

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