Eating Disorders Association
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| Motto | Beating eating disorders |
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| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Headquarters | Norwich |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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Chief Executive
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Andrew Radford |
| Website | www.b-eat.co.uk |
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Formerly called
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Eating Disorder Association |
Beat is the UK's leading charity supporting those affected by eating disorders and campaigning on their behalf. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, it celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014.
The charity is dedicated to helping people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, emotional overeating, EDNOS and other eating disorders, and providing information to the public about these conditions.
The charity was founded in 1989 from the amalgamation of the existing UK charities, Anorexic Aid and Anorexic Family Aid. The Society for the Advancement of Research into Anorexia merged with the Eating Disorders Association in 1992. Beat became the Eating Disorder Association's working title in 2007.
As well as campaigning for better services for those affected by eating disorders, the charity provides self-help support through an number of different projects:
Beat actively campaigns for better services and understanding of eating disorders. Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) takes place every year in February and a campaign theme is centered during the week every year. Past examples include: Everybody Knows Somebody, Failing Families, Choice or Chance and Break the Silence. Sock It to Eating Disorders is Beat's biggest annual fundraising drive, taking place on the Friday of EDAW.
EDAW in 2017 will run from 27 February –5 March.
The Young Ambassador scheme gives young people the opportunity to take an active part in Beat's work. Young Ambassadors across the country are aged between 14 and 25 and have personal experience of eating disorders. They represent Beat in the media or at conferences and events, speaking about their experiences to help reduce the stigma and educate others. Beat received funding in 2013 from Young Start to grow the scheme in Scotland.
Beat supports and encourages research into eating disorders. As well as conducting research – currently with the backing of lottery funding – for a project which looks at trials of CBT and CAT, Beat helps those undertaking research into eating disorders from post graduate level upwards. Beat is currently collaborating with King's College London in a study examining the way that people access treatment for bulimia nervosa, and is working with University of Exeter to compare user experiences of different health care services for eating disorders.
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