Safa Cumbria

What the charity does

To protect and preserve the health and relieve the needs of the people in Cumbria who self harm and create greater awareness of self harm through training and education.

Charitable objects

To protect and preserve health and relieve the needs of the people in the furness area who self harm by:-1) to provide a local information and support service for people who self-harm and to those people who support them.2) to provide free professional qualified counselling and facilitated group support, working in accordance to the bacp ethical framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy.3) to create public awareness of self-harm and to disperse the myths surrounding it.4) to increase the awareness and understanding of self-harm and related issues by providing specific training to groups, organisations and other professionals.5) to co-operate with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies in order to give individuals choices about access to the various services available locally and nationally.6) to provide encouragement in harm reduction and care of wounds.70 to provide a forum for self-harmers voices.

Area of benefit: Not Defined. in Practice, Cumbria

Governing document: Memorandum and articles incorporated 16/08/2007as amended by certificate of incorporation on change of name dated 03/02/2014