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beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 18 years of work.
Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.1 million people in the UK. beat provides helplines for adults and young people, online support and a UK-wide network of self-help groups to help people beat their eating disorder.
beat's vision is simple: Eating Disorders will be Beaten.
beat wins IMPACT award
beat is delighted to be the winner of a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT award, a major award recognising the success of its work.
Announcing the award, the judges praised beat as an “extremely innovative, well managed project that has used modern technology to change attitudes towards eating disorders."
As a winner of an IMPACT award, beat receives £25,000 from the King’s Fund, an independent charitable organisation working for better health via research, policy analysis and development activities.
Susan Ringwood, beat's Chief Executive, welcomed the award. "We hope this encourages more people to come forward to get help," she said. "I would like to thank all of our supporters, donors and volunteers. They helped to make this happen."
To find out more about the award - and see a new video about beat's work, click here.
To donate to beat's work, click here.
David Samuel is an amazing young man. He has fulfilled his dream to qualify as a Doctor - despite his struggle with anorexia. Watch David's message of hope to all young men and women, he tells how you can beat an eating disorder.
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Help and Support
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We offer many services that can be accessed via our website. Please visit the Help and Support section to find the messageboard, the young peoples board is in the FYP pages. You can also use our HelpFinder directory to find services and support in your area, details of our helplines can be found here.
Available clinically effective online interventions for bulimia sufferers and carers of anorexia sufferers
Media Innovations - specialist developers of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - have worked with beat and the Institute of Psychiatry to produce clinically trialled and proven online CBT-based interventions for those affected by eating disorders.
For information on online interventions for bulimia, click here.
For information on online interventions for carers of anorexia sufferers, click here.
There are lots of ways you can help support beat
You can make a one off or regular donation to beat
You can become a beat volunteer anywhere in the UK
You can take part in a fundraising event or sponsor someone
You can take part in or read the findings of eating disorder research and/or be a media contact
You can raise awareness by involving your MP
All support you give will help us beat eating disorders.
