B.A.S.S. Is a newly formed charity to help those suffering the affects of bullying, abuse, self harm and suicide.

Anyone can find statistics of suicide rates in the UK, Or survey how many people are bullied, abused or self harm evey year but relaying this information has no effect on bullies or abusers, it does not help those suffering to speak out or feel any less alone.

B.A.S.S#s aim is to promote awareness of these issues, but rather than using a fact sheet with numbers that mean nothing, to use personal experiences to connect with those it helps.

We hope to be heading in to schools, both primary and secondary to work with children there on,

• Promoting awareness of bulllying, abuse, self harm, suicide and other issues associated with it (eating disorders, depression etc)
• Giving adive to victims
• Offering support to victims and there families

We also hope to visit schools, work places, residential and cares homes, prisons and many other places where vuneral people may be to view current bullying and self harm policies. We will then see these polocies in practice and aim to change any that are unsuccessful.

Along side this we also hope to someday open a drop in centre, offering adive, support and councelling to those who require it, this service unlike many councelling services will be COMPLETELY confidential.

We view these issues as a cycle.. bullying/abuse can lead to depression which is a big factor in both self harm and suicide, by preventing one issue we may prevent those that follow. However we understand feelings of hurt, anger, depression and we know how it fels to be suicidal. Many self harmers claim to get comfort from there actions so we hope to use a range of therapies tro be used as alternatives to self harm and suicide for coping with depression. Our therapies include

• Hypnotherapy
• Anger Management.
• We also hope to run classes such as creative writing which is proven to be a great release for feelings of hurt or anger.

Over time we will develope what we offer and learn more about controlling and distinguishing feelings of depression, and suicide ideation

We appreciate any help and support given as it brings us one step closer to a bullying and abuse free world.