Eating disorders can be deeply isolating, but connecting with others can be life-changing. Whether your community is one person or many, every meaningful connection can bring hope, strength, and the reminder that #YouAreNotAlone
#EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek #BeatCommunity #EDAW2026
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Graphic with dark purple background and white text. Large capitalised text reads 'Want to help improve eating disorder training for teachers?' Underneath, on the right, is smaller text reading 'If youβre over 18 years old and experienced an eating disorder during your school years, you can help shape eating disorder training for the better!' From the bottom left is illustrations of hands waving and clapping. There are seven hands doing different signals, with different patterns from the cuffs on their clothing, and watches or bracelets on their wrists.
Did you have an experience of an eating disorder during school years? You could help future pupils who may be affected by an eating disorder, by joining our SPOT advisory board!
Interested? Find out more and fill out our sign-up form today: https://bit.ly/3MD9dzj
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Graphic with a cut-out photo of an older white woman, over the top of a dark purple background. At the top of the graphic is white capitalised text reading 'Thank you Celia Imrie' and below, in regular text, 'for choosing us as your charity on Celebrity Traitors!'. The dark purple background has a lighter purple repeating diagonal pattern which is a capital 'B'. The cut-out photo of the woman has short brown hair styled backwards, with striking blue eyes and a cheeky smirk on her face. She wears a light blue jacket or blazer, which you can see around the shoulders.
After the Celebrity Traitors final, last week we found out that the incredible Celia Imrie had picked Beat as her chosen charity!
Although she didn't win, we are so grateful that Celia wanted to support us and our mission #Traitors #CelebrityTraitors #TraitorsUK
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Graphic with a gradient background that blends from a pinky-orange, to purple, to blue, from left to right. Capitalised text at the top reads 'Are you a teacher, or work in a school?' In smaller text, the next paragraph starts with 'Join our free online workshop for' and the text resumes in capital letters 'Christmas and New Year eating disorder support for students'.
Graphic with a gradient background that blends from a pinky-orange, to purple, to blue, from left to right. Capitalised text at the top reads 'Join our workshop via SPOT, our free interactive area for school professionals.' Below, a subtitle in regular text reads 'In this workshop, we'll cover:'. Below, in bullet points, text reads 'Why Christmas and New Year are difficult for those with an eating disorder. Understanding accommodating and enabling behaviours and how to manage these. How to cope with setbacks. How to plan for the period whilst setting expectations and boundaries. Thinking ahead to New Year'.
Graphic with a gradient background that blends from a pinky-orange, to purple, to blue, from left to right. Each line of text is accompanied by an illustrative image, acting as bullet points. The first is the drawing of a clock, with hands showing 1pm. Text next to this reads '4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (GMT)'. Second is a calendar icon, with text reading 'Monday 24 November'. Third is an open laptop icon, with text to the right of this reading 'Hosted on Zoom and bookable via SPOT'. The final section is an illustration of a 'Β£' and text to the right reads 'Free!'
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Support your students - book your place via SPOT today π https://bit.ly/47EciWw
β° 4-5pm (GMT)
π Monday 24 November
π» Hosted on Zoom and bookable via SPOT
π§‘ FREE!
#TeacherTraining #SchoolTraining #MentalHealthTraining
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Graphic with dark purple background and white text. From the top left side and bottom right side rise a lighter purple rounded square each. These contain text. The left side reads 'Do you know signs of an eating disorder in men?' The right side reads 'Two weeks to go - grab your early bird ticket today!' In the middle of the graphic is large capitalised text over the top of the two shapes. This reads 'Book your place at our Men & Eating Disorders workshop'.
Book your space at our Men & Eating Disorders workshop today - our early bird tickets end of 19 November, so don't miss out!
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CPD-accredited
Head to our website and book today π https://bit.ly/43WNRCJ.
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Graphic with orange background and white text. This text at the top reads 'Our Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026 theme is...' Underneath is larger, capitalised text reading 'Community'. From the bottom left corner is an illustration of a purple hand holding up a white and grey megaphone to the text above. In the bottom right corner is a white roundel with dark purple text reading 'Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026'.
We're excited to announce that out 2026 #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek theme is 'Community' π£
Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about what weβll be doing during Eating Disorders Awareness Week π https://bit.ly/4nQPBor
#EDAW2026
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October is #MenopauseAwarenessMonth, and we'd like to give you the opportunity to share how your eating disorder may have been affected by menopause.
If you'd like to share your story, head to our blogs area here: https://bit.ly/3PLaMcc
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Blueskyβs user base is roughly 40% female and 60% male. While we donβt collect gender data directly, we manually sampled ~1,500 users to get a representative estimate and a separate analysis by Hootsuite came to a similar demographic split.
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Thanks @medresfdn.bsky.social for this great overview of our recent paper on Pica
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πEating Disorders + Weight Loss Jabs:
Harm waiting to happenπ
We're concerned about the comments made by the Health Secretary around weight loss jabs, and the plans to widen access to them will harm people with eating disorders
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting today
shorturl.at/8XKGl
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Angela Rayner didnβt βbreak the lawβ by postponing some local elections β Full Fact
Elections for nine councils in England were postponed from May 2025 to May 2026, so that the councils could take part in local government reorganisation.
No, Angela Rayner didnβt βbreak the lawβ by βcancellingβ some local elections last month.
Our fact check looks into the reasons why nine councils in England saw their elections postponed.
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Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
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Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.25 million people in the UK, and anyone can be affected. Gvnt must urgently take steps to reduce waiting times for GP referrals, assessment and treatment for patients with eating disorders. #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek
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YouTube video by Beat
Eating disorders can affect anyone
#EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek
Eating disorders can affect anyone. Itβs not always who you expect. So proud to have led this project - youtu.be/xRdKBLbb-bk?...
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The only national, Autistic-led charity supporting parents who are Autistic themselves, with children of any neurotype. We offer a range of peer support services, events, training and resources: https://www.autisticparentsuk.org/
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Professor of clinical psychology, University of Sheffield
Editor in Chief - PaPTRAP
Research eating disorders, #anorexicvoice treatment, autism/AN overlap
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We are a group of people with lived experience, carers, clinicians and academics who are passionate about ending the injustices of those affected by Eating Disorders.
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A research network bridging the gap between autism and eating disorders research, driven by Autistic individuals with lived experience
Weekly interview series with Kathy Pike, PhD and eating disorder expert clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience
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