Recovery Clubs

Inside the Recovery Club

The Recovery Club gives sufferers the opportunity to gain peer support from other young people affected by eating disorders in an online group setting The clubs have been developed to provide a support service that will enable service users to explore the recovery process, acquiring skills and strategies, to begin their own recovery.

By hosting regular Recovery Clubs facilitated by young people in recovery and with guest facilitators such as professionals working in the eating disorders field, we hope to empower young people to feel confident in seeking help early, and for service users to also develop an awareness of what treatment may be offered and how these services can be accessed.

Recovery Clubs in the pilot and current phase have been facilitated by Ulrike Schmidt a leading clinician Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. Ciaran Newell a Consultant Nurse, Penny Wright a Psychotherapist, Clare O’Reilly an Occupational Therapist, Dr  Ian Barkataki a Clinical  Psychologist and Dr Helen Murphy a Consultant Psychiatrist.

Young Ambassadors have also co-facilitated the Recovery Clubs.  They have all shared their personal experiences of Recovery and offered support, hope and encouragement to service users.

The service has only been available to a small number of service users to ensure that they are adequately supported. However we are aware that currently there are many people who want support with their recovery (and who may be at different stages in recovery) who are not able to access the Recovery Club service. 

At the end of the current phase of Recovery Clubs in February the youth team organised Recovery Clubs throughout Eating Disorders Awareness Week 22nd-27th   February, these clubs were open to all young beat service users.  This allowed services users to access the sessions which they felt  were most appropriate to their situation/stage in recovery.  Following the success of the Recovery Club sessions held during EDAW the youth team hope to host more open Recovery Clubs in the future.

If you have any questions please contact the Recovery Club Project Officer Jess: j.armitage@b-eat.co.uk  

We have compiled excerpts of the some of the past Recovery Club, if you would like to find out what discussion takes place.