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News and Forthcoming Events

This page contains details of research projects, conferences and events, and carers workshops which might be of interest to anyone concerned about eating disorders .  Eating Disorders Awareness Week, National Carers Week and the Carers/ Family Conference are annual events. Details and links are provided below.

Unfortunately the Carers Conference scheduled for Saturday 5th March 2011 was cancelled due to lack of interest.

Lads’ livechat- Support for young men affected by eating disorders beat – the leading UK eating disorders charity  www.b-eat.co.uk hosted an online lads’ livechat session on Wednesday 3rd November 2010 between 6.30-8pm. For those aged 25 or under, the session will gave the opportunity to benefit from peer support and to discuss any concerns and experiences individuals may have relating to either their own eating or that of someone they care about.  For further information please visit

http://www.b-eat.co.uk/YoungPeople/MessageBoards/LiveChat/Ladslivechat

Or email beat’s Project Officers Jess or Danny:                                                              

                                                                        j.armitage@b-eat.co.uk

                                                                        d.aldous@b-eat.co.uk

Beat Announces Recovery Club

beat hosts a monthly online " Recovery Club" session. (usually on a Wedsnesday between 6.30pm to 8pm). The sessions are aimed at young people aged 14 - 25 who need support with their eating.

For further info please email the project officer: j.armitage@b-eat.co.uk  or follow the link: www.b-eat.co.uk/YoungPeople/Recovery/RecoveryClubs

 

 

Research Projects

Research is essential to ensure people with eating disorders are given the best chance. There are various research projects ongoing which you might be interested in joining.

 Please scroll down for details of the following projects:

1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON-Males with or without eating disorders

2. Beat: New Online Recovery Club for Young People with Eating Disorders

3. Males recovering from eating disorders

If you are interested in other projects please visit

www.b-eat.co.uk/Supportingbeat/ResearchRequests

Carers Workshops

EATING DISORDERS – A TIME FOR CHANGE

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES FOR CARERS

Veronica Kamerling periodically runs a series of workshops in London  assist carers in their role of looking after someone with an eating disorder, by introducing them to new skills, giving information and building up  confidence. For bookings or more information please contact Veronica  on 01256 704117, email v.kamerling@ukonline.co.uk , or visit her website at www.eatingdisordersandcarers.co.uk

Forthcoming Conferences

 

 

The 10th London International Eating Disorders Conference 2011, 29th, 30th and 31st March 2011 - University of London

 Organised by the British Journal of Hospital Medicine and in association with the Ellern Meade Centre for eating disorders The scientific programme will include a wide variety of topics of relevance to psychiatrists, general practicioners, counsellors, dieticians, occupational therapists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals working in the field of eating disorders. For a programme and to book your place, please visit the conference website www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk

 

London PSHE Education Conference- Managing Challenging Conditions Thursday 31st March 2011, City University, London 9.30am - 5pm.

beat has organised this conference to look at challenging mental health conditions that can occur in the school environment including self harm, self esteem, peer pressure etc

For more information, or to book your place, contact Jaye Valori on 01603 753303 or email professionalservices@b-eat.co.uk

Men Get Eating Disorders Too. Half Day Conference. May 19th, Brighton

To mark their newly Sought charitable status, MGEDSToo will be holding a half day conference to raise awareness and support the needs of men with eating disorders. For further info contact Sam Thomas at sam@mengetedstoo.co.uk

 

 

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011 was held in Feb 2011.

 This event is held every year and is run by beat (Eating Disorders Association). beat organises a variety of events to raise awareness as do beat volunteers around the country. For details of  planned events in your area, visit
www.b-eat.co.uk/Events/EDAW2011
This year the focus was on how the media images and reporting of eating disorders impacts on mental wellbeing, recovery and support. A report entitled "Warning: This Picture Can Damage Your Health" was released.

National Carers Week

 run by the Carers Week Consortium will be held from 13-19 June 2011. The theme is "The True Face of Carers" aimed at sweeping away some of the myths around caring roles. Carers Week annual survey is now well-established as the largest annual survey of carers experiences and opinions
For more details visit www.carersweek.org
 

1. NEW PROJECT for 2009 - KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

M a l e   V o l u n t e e r   R e q u e s t

Males with or without an Eating Disorder

We are looking for MALE volunteers WITH OR WITHOUT AN EATING DISORDER to participate in ongoing research in the Eating Disorder Unit, King’s College London. That would involve completing questionnaires, simple computer-based games, and talking to us about eating disorders.

If you are aged between 16 and 65, you could help us to better understand the way people feel, think, and respond to their environment, the causes of an eating disorder, and you could support us to improve the treatment. 

 Please contact Liz Goddard (elizabeth.goddard@iop.kcl.ac.uk / 020 71 88 0190) or Izzy Ortega (izaskun.ortegamentxaka@kcl.ac.uk / 020 71 88 0170) or both by post: Dept Academic Psychiatry, King’s College London, 5th Floor Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT)

1. Beat: New Online Recovery Club for Young People with Eating Disorders

Are you aged between 14-25 and need help with your eating disorder? If you are looking to initiate the recovery process and feel that you would like support with this, beat the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders is launching an exciting new online Recovery Club service. The monthly club will run for six months enabling young people to benefit from the support of their peers and to feel comfortable discussing their concerns and fears about treatment and the recovery process.The Recovery Club service will offer online peer support to young people with eating disorders through a monthly facilitated club. Each club will have a theme to enable service users to discuss different issues and aspects of eating disorders and the recovery process with the support of a beat team member and a guest facilitator.  The club will begin this November and an application to access this service will be going live on Tuesday 28th October 2008 on the For Young People section of the beat website http://www.b-eat.co.uk/YoungPeople/Home Whilst we are only able to offer this service to a limited number of people, we do hope that if this pilot is successful it will be more widely available in the future.  We are also hoping to develop our existing recovery information on our website to aid people unable to access the recovery club service.  We have posted a questionnaire on the recovery section of the beat website to ascertain what resources service users feel would benefit them with the recovery process.  To take part in the questionnaire please follow the link: http://www.b-eat.co.uk/YoungPeople/Recovery/HaveyourSay If you would like any further information about the Recovery Club, please email j.armitage@b-eat.co.uk

 

2. Males recovering from eating disorders

 A study is currently being undertaken into males recovering from an eating disorder. This involves talking to a researcher about your experiences in an e-mail interview. The researcher is a trainee clinical psychologist at one of the leading UK universities, and she has recovered from anorexia and bulimia. The study needs several more male participants (over the age of 16). You do not have to be fully recovered to participate but should be past the worst point of your eating disorder. The information from the study will be useful for both clinicians and families faced with male eating disorders. If you can help please e-mail woodx1.545@btinternet.com

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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