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News

Leeds Compassionate City Awards Health Wellbeing category winner
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Help us spread awareness. We are running a virtual myth-busting/intro to Battle Scars session on the day (FULL) and doing radio interviews

18 February, 2022
Thank you George A Moore Foundation for the £1,000 grant. 
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CONGRATULATIONS Amanda G for winning the raffle!


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6 February, 2022

19 January, 2022
Somerset Talking Café chat with Jenny Groves the Battle Scars founder and CEO
(click on image to watch)
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BBC Radio Leeds interview Battle Scars
11 January, 2022
Interview with the Battle Scars CEO, Jenny Groves, on BBC Radio Leeds. You can listen to it by clicking on the images (the interview was at 8.20 for 10 minutes)

October, 2021
Launch of our new service FRESH (professional referrals only) 
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September, 2021
Launch of our new weekly 16-25's group in Leeds.

June 26th, 2021
Interview with the Battle Scars CEO, Jenny Groves, on GFM Radio (Gloucester). You can listen to it by clicking on the image (it's about 20 minutes long after the news and 1 song). 
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June 27th, 2021
​NEW VIRTUAL PEER SUPPORT GROUP 
starting Thursday 15th July 2021, 6.30-7.30 pm (all our virtual groups run every 2 weeks)
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June 11th, 2021
Interview with the Battle Scars CEO, Jenny Groves, on BCB Radio (Bradford) [no longer available to listen]

June 8th, 2021
Well done to 7 new and existing volunteers for completing the virtual group facilitator course! New groups coming soon!
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June 2021
​The paid Battle Scars team has grown a lot over the last couple of months: from one to six! A big, warm welcome to our new employees working on various projects!

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April 16th 2021
We are delighted to have been awarded £23,400 to cover costs for 2 new Leeds-specific projects! Watch this space for more information as we set them up. 

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March 29th 2021
Thank you to the Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust for supporting our new project to develop self-harm support for young people by awarding us £2,500

January 22nd, 2021
Due to demand we're launching 2 more adult peer support group in February bringing them to a total of 5 every 2 weeks.  
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January 12th, 2021
Extremely happy to receive a £10,000 grant by the National Lottery's Awards For All!

December 7th, 2020
Hard copy or PDF version now available to order
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November 20th, 2020
The 12-step self-harm addiction workbooks just arrived! 

August 11th, 2020
Congratulations to Julia B for being the winner of the hand carved seashell raffle. 

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June 10th, 2020
Congratulations to Irene R for being the winner of our first raffle. The prize was this hand carved bear cub. 

March 16th, 2020
A big thank you to the Wharfedale Foundation for awarding us a grant to print and post more crisis cards. Very grateful!

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January 3rd, 2020
A huge thank you to the Brelms Trust for awarding us funding for the next three years.
We're very grateful for your support!



December 13th, 2019
This year we're part of a Charity Tree Christmas Festival. Our tree is up in the St. Paul's Church in Morley (Kings Street, LS27 9ES).
The festival is open:
Fri 13th: 11 am - 3 pm & 5 pm - 7 pm
Sat 14th: 11 am - 5 pm
Sun 15th: 12 noon - 3 pm - Carols Amongst the Trees
Mon 16th: 11 am - 3 pm & 5 pm - 7 pm
Please visit the festival, it's an awareness raising and fundraising event.
Thank you and a special big thank you to everybody who made/donated decs and to the two volunteers who put it up, your efforts are very much appreciated



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October 11th, 2019
We're very proud to have been awarded the Leeds Volunteering Kitemark with excellent feedback on our application, policies, procedures and ethos. Also very grateful to our volunteers putting up with the CEO/volunteer manager learning as she goes!  


October 10th, 2019 - World Mental Health Day
A short video on stress, thanks to our volunteer (Captured By Cass) is our on-line contribution. Also running stalls at Leeds City College (Quarry Hill), Notre Dame 6th Form College and Leeds Becketts University (@ the Gateway, Leslie Silver Building) where we're also running a workshop. 


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July 21st, 2019
The amazing 2019 NCS team walked for 7 hours around Wakefield fundraising and spreading the word! What a fab idea to do it dressed as knights, apparently with a damsel in distress! We cannot thank them enough for picking our charity!


July 19th, 2019
We're very grateful to the Leeds Mates and Dates group for raising £233 for us! 

April 5th, 2019
A huge thank you to the Trelix Charitable Trust for their £1,000 donation! Very much appreciated!

January 8th, 2019
Our crisis card, stand and poster are now available to order by any UK organisation and service (minimum 10). Individual cards are only available to our service users via our groups. If you're out of Leeds and only want one card, please ask a professional to place an order. If you are based in Ireland please contact us (we may be able to provide certain organisations and services with them if mainly working on mental health).

The card needs to be filled in when calm and can be presented to A&E staff, police, paramedics, crisis services staff, mental health professionals etc.  
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October 5th, 2018
Our crisis card is now available to order by all Leeds organisations and services (including schools) and to all our service users via our groups. The card needs to be filled in when calm and can be presented to A&E staff, police, paramedics etc. and will be considered by the Leeds Crisis team (read it out to them) and ALPS (Acute Liaison Psychiatric Service). 

This is the trial run which is why we can only send it out to organisations in Leeds but we're hoping to make the cards available nationally in the near future. 
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July 3rd, 2018
A huge thank you to the Allen Lane Foundation for awarding us a £3,000 grant. Really appreciated!​

June 4th, 2018
Many thanks to the Leeds Jewish Welfare Board staff for raising £100 for us during mental health awareness week! 
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June 1st, 2018
Many thanks to the George A Moore Foundation for their grant of £1,000 following our application. Very much appreciated!​

April 28th, 2018
Thank you Leodis Pagan Circle for all the hard work you put in to raise this amount for us! We'll make full use of every penny to reflect your efforts! 
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March 29th, 2018
Awarded £10,000 by the Big Lottery Fund  - Awards For All for our Volunteer Development Programme. 
If you're interested in volunteering with us please click here.
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March 16th, 2018
Dublin self-harm awareness conference

Fantastic self-harm conference yesterday in Dublin. Thanks 
Pieta House, Preventing Suicide and Self Harm and St. Patrick's Mental Health Services for organising it and especially for inviting me. Thank you for welcoming me, attending my workshops and even inviting me to join you on the end of the day panel! A special thanks to Cat Hughes for being very aware of my mental needs and looking after me. Also a big thank you to the 250 people who attended. It's great to see so many people wanting to learn and help.​
Let's all work together and break down the stigma! (Jenny Groves, far left)

February 6th, 2018
Battle Scars is now a registered charity!
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Battle Scars Policies 
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Privacy Principles
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Registered charity No 1177020 

email: info@battle-scars.org.uk
​Tel (information & admin line only): 07410 380747 - office hours
Funded by:
Tudor Trust funder Battle Scars
Brelms Trust funder Battle Scars
George A Moore Foundation funder Battle Scars
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addressing self-harming Leeds Community Foundation City Council
Leeds Compassionate City Awards Health Wellbeing category winner
Battle Scars Leeds Volunteering Kitemark
charity excellence framework quality mark
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      • Virtual Q&A set dates
      • Private training
    • Introductory sessions
    • Under 18's
    • School assemblies
  • Resources
    • Understanding s/h
    • Managing s/h
    • Self-awareness
    • Addiction programme
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    • Videos & more
    • What is self-harm all about?
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    • Join the mailing list
  • People's corner
    • M/H Awareness Week 2021
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