Battle Scars Webinars

Battle Scars was formed because of the need of one person to find support for her self-harm. Starting as a peer support Facebook group in January 2016, we formed the Battle Scars community group (Unincorporated Association) in April 2016.​Fast growth resulted in Battle Scars becoming a registered charity (CIO - Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in England and Wales on February 6th, 2018.We are based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, running local face-to-face services, and national virtual services alongside our ever-growing worldwide Facebook group.We support anybody affected by self-harm: those who self-harm and those supporting them (family, friends and professionals) to make sure they no longer feel alone.​​​We build better awareness of self-harm's complexity, roots and reasons resulting in anybody affected by self-harm receiving non-judgemental, genuine peer support, acceptance and understanding so they can build a healthier future for themselves.​We educate, influence change and break down the self-harm stigma.We encourage our service users, volunteers and staff to live life despite the self-harm, to achieve whatever they can manage and continue inspiring others.​We create safe environments where people affected by self-harm can be themselves.Acceptance - we accept people as they are and, by fighting the stigma surrounding self-harm, we wish for all of us to be accepted as we are by family, friends, professionals and the general public.Trust - we build trusting relationships with the people we support, who also trust us with their stories.Transparency - we are open and transparent no matter who we work with.Integrity - we do what we say and never make promises we can't keep.Compassion - we treat people as we wish to be treated taking into consideration the hurt, pain and distress they may feel. Because we've been there.#EverySingleOneOfUsMatters