P O Box 654
Bristol
BS99 1XH

Tel (Office): 0117 9279600
Tel (TESS): 07800 472 908
Web: www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk

Bristol Crisis Service for Women is a national charity that offers support to women and girls with a particular focus on self-injury, (often called self-harm). They provide support through TESS (text and email support service), an information service and training.

TESS (text and email support service) offers confidential and emotional support to girls and young women who are affected by self-injury. The service is aimed at 11-25yr olds but will also work with older women. The service is open Monday to Thursday evenings 7-9pm, with an automatic message receipt out of these hours. See the website for the email support address.

The information service has a range of leaflets, booklets and research on the issues surrounding self-injury, including information for young people who self-injure, a training pack and good practice guidelines for people working with people who self-injure. They have information about self-injury in a number of languages and formats.

They offer training to people working with those who self-injure. These are either in the form of one-day workshops for individuals or they offer training to organisation. This training can be tailored to the specific needs of particular organisations.