{"id":21514,"date":"2014-10-20T12:16:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T12:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21514"},"modified":"2014-10-20T12:16:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T12:16:35","slug":"new-merchandise-raises-awareness-for-self-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/20\/new-merchandise-raises-awareness-for-self-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"New merchandise raises awareness for self-harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clothing company Heads Above The Waves (HATW)\u00a0aims to raise awareness about the growing problem of self-harm in young people. The brand champions a creative outlook on dealing with self-harm in order to give sufferers a sense of hope. With hospital admissions for self-harm on the rise, HATW sheds light on issue with a new line of merchandise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Managing director Si Martin stated \u201cthere needs to more authenticity and accessibility in the approach to dealing with self-harm, as one size doesn\u2019t fit all\u201d. \u00a0This outlook stresses the importance of providing alternative ways of reaching out to sufferers by moving away from the medical jargon surrounding self-harm.<\/p>\n<p>The brand continues to expand and the new line forms part of the goal to get people talking, echoing their belief that self-harm is a reaction to deeper problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21515\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 312px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21515 \" alt=\"Culture_HATW stall_1\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/HATW_1-312x312.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21515 \" alt=\"Culture_HATW stall_1\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/HATW_1-312x312.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript> The HATW team chatting to festivalgoers at Hevy Festival<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethical clothing brand Heads Above the Waves launches merchandise with a message<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":21518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[262,3709,3710,3711,3712,3713,3714],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-awareness","tag-ethical-clothing","tag-ethical-fashion","tag-heads-above-the-waves","tag-merch-with-a-message","tag-merchandise","tag-self-harm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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