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Self-harm remains an area where misconceptions and assumptions continue to prevail, with many people who self-harm reporting feelings of shame, guilt and stigma. Frustration with the behaviourist models that tend to dominate the management of self-harm in statutory services has contributed to the development of self-harm self-help groups, by those with direct experience, as a viable alternative form of support. However, due to concerns some professionals have raised about the safety and value of self-harm self-help groups they largely occupy a marginal position, as a viable source of informal support. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to reflect upon some of the challenges we faced when undertaking research with self-harm self-help groups. Our reflections question the uncritically positioning of certain groups as marginal and suggest that a more nuanced interpretation is required, to avoid simply continuing to position groups of people as being on the margins.Keywords: self-harm; self-help groups; stigma; hard to reach; marginal; reflections

This article examines 'care' and 'values' in local self-help groups and voluntary organisations which mobilise around partnering and parenting. It finds that a shared identity based upon common experiences of misrecognition and stigma is the most significant element of involvement. This provides the basis for new knowledge, for challenging professional practice, and for alternative practices of care and support based on trust, reciprocity and mutual respect. However, sometimes it also contributes to forms of social closure. The article sets these findings in the context of New Labour policy on voluntary organisations, participation, and parenting and partnering.

The emergence of self-help groups in Holland has paralleled the changeover from a liberal-constitutional state, fueled by economic expansion to a welfare state. Gov ernmental activity with respect to supportive social policies and legislative enact ments has, however, been far more limited than one might expect given the interest shown in the self-help phenomenon by the Council of Europe and the World Health Organization. The reasons for the current stance of the Dutch government with respect to the legitimation of self-help activity are examined in the context of institutionalization.: only groups and organizations that fit into the institutional care system or fit within specific local policies are eligible for contributions and other forms of support by the government or municipality. The article concludes by examining the conditions under which social advocacy can be more successful in reaching the goals for which self-help groups stand.

Citizenship is essentially about membership in society which enables citizens to participate in the affairs of their community on roughly equal terms and culturally enjoins upon them to collectively surmount their commonly felt problems, such as poverty. The role of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) should be understood in this context. Through observation and conversation-analysis methods, this paper studies two SHGs in India: the successful one practiced citizenship, envisaged a sense of community and made progress towards capacity building and empowerment, especially pertaining to education, health and sanitation. It concludes that in developing countries, citizens acquire the appropriate virtues through participation in the programmes linked with their vision of well-being and thus strengthen the cause of citizenship.

Self-help groups (SHGs) are fast emerging as powerful tool of socio-economic empowerment of the poor in our rural areas. The self-help group is a small body formed by the people for meeting their specific objectives, particularly credit. The social capital produced by the SHG as it matures through creation of new ties and linkages, strengthens the community"s cooperative capacity to the achievement of group government. Role of SHGs in strengthening local governance and political democracy can be described by the fact that a number of SHGs members are being elected in the Panchayti Raj system in India, the lowest tier of local democratic governance. ICTs can play a significant role in combating rural and urban poverty and fostering sustainable development through creating information rich societies and supporting livelihoods. If ICTs are appropriately deployed and realize the differential needs of urban and rural people, they can become powerful tools of economic, social and political empowerment. In India ICT applications such as Warana, Dristee, Sari, Sks, E-Chaupal, Cybermohalla, Bhoomi, E-Mitra, Deesha, Star, Setu, Friends, E-Seva, Lokmitra, E-Post, Gramdoot, Dyandoot, Tarahaat, Dhan, Akshaya, Honeybee, Praja are in functioning for rural development. There are no studies regarding impact of ICT on SHG members. Hence this paper studies about the impact of ICT on SHGs in Rayalaseema Region.

The nature of self-help groups is discussed and considered with special reference to those composed of epileptics. Results of a preliminary survey of epilepsy self-help group members are presented, and effects relating to stigmatization, reasons for participation, asserted curative factors, and formal-only versus informal participation in the self-help group process are examined. Societal reaction to people with epilepsy is viewed as a major contributor to problems associated with this disability.

With the recent upsurge in self-help groups, social workers and family service agencies must develop new roles and models in order to interact with these groups. The authors describe a consultation model, which includes the study-diagnosis role, and roles that link the group with the agency and community.

ABSTRACTThis exploratory study was conducted to examine the reasons behind credit defaults in Self‐help Group‐based microfinance programs in India. The study adopted the mixed‐method approach. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted to collect information, and thematic analysis was followed to analyze data to identify the possible causes of loan defaults in self‐help groups (SHGs). Further, 120 defaulting and 120 performing SHGs were selected through stratified random sampling method. Finally, 960 respondents were randomly selected from 240 SHGs to collect information for quantitative inquiry. The ordinary least square (OLS) and probit models were engaged to process the data. This study identified three important attribution sets causing credit defaults, (i) bank‐related attributes, (ii) agency related attributes, and (iii) group dynamics. The probability of defaults in SHGs was predicted by the amount of loan disbursed by bank, agency's help in enterprise development, age of the microenterprise, microentrepreneurship of the SHG member, SHG visits to the bank, members dropped out from SHG, tenure of the president and secretary, and monthly membership saving in the SHG.