beat Ambassadors and Advisors

What is a beat Ambassador or Advisor?

This exciting scheme gives young people affected by eating disorders the opportunity of taking a more active part in the life of beat. 

We need your help in becoming the voice of young people, being heard in a range of settings including national conferences, in newspapers and on television and in major research and government consultations.

We hope that as an Ambassador or Advisor, you will help change the stereotypes of young people affected by eating disorders. To stand up as empowered and empowering young people who have had first hand experience of a terrible disorder and have unique insight into how services could better address and support their needs. We know many of you have already made us aware of the difficulties you faced along the way and the services you feel should be changed. This would be your chance to stand up and tell others how you feel about this.

We hope that our ambassadors will be able to share their experiences with other young people including talking in schools and colleges as part of our on-going education work. Advisors will help inform what we do and what others do outside beat.

Ambassadors and Advisors will receive monthly e-mails about what is happening at beat and updates from the other Ambassadors and Advisors. Should you not contact us for a while we will contact so that we know how you are.

How to become a beat Ambassador or Advisor

Here you will find all the documents and information you need to become a beat Ambassador or Advisor.

All we ask is that you are recovered or recovering and have plenty of enthusiam, opinions and ideas for the future.

When we recieve your completed questionnaire and consent form we add you to our database as an ambassador to be confirmed. At this stage we consult with you and ask for your opinions and ideas etc and when we have our next training day we will invite you to this.

Our training days include media and presentation skills training which helps to equipt you with the skills you need to speak to the media and present at conferences. After this training day you decide if you want to become an ambassador.

To be an Ambassador you will need to fill out a media questionnaire and sign a consent form  - please  download them (below) and send them to 

Charlotte

beat ypf

Wensum House

103 Prince of Wales Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR1 1DW

 or if you have a problem opening them e-mail us at ypf@b-eat.co.uk to receive them by e-mail.