The theme of Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025 (24th February – 2nd March) is anyone can have an eating disorder.   Beat estimate that at least 1 in 50 people in the UK have an eating disorder, but the true figure will be much higher and in 2023/24 NHS admissions for eating disorders exceeded 30,000 for the […]

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people affected by eating distress?   Eating Distress North East (EDNE) is the only eating distress charity in the region, with a 36 year track record of supporting people with eating distress and their loved ones.   We are recruiting for an experienced […]

REDCAN is a collaboration of eight regional eating disorders charities, including Eating Distress North East. Our goal is to deliver expert-by-experience eating disorder services closer to those in need. For many years, people affected by eating disorders (EDs) have struggled to access specialist support. The sector faces numerous challenges, including inadequate funding, lack of understanding […]

Are you a professional wanting to learn more about Eating Disorders ? You can now book individual places on our CPD accredited training, and the first one is at the end of this month! Working with eating disorders for professionals is being delivered online via Teams across two hours on the 29th January, starting at […]

We know that Christmas can be a difficult time of year for many people. This can be for several reasons: struggling with eating distress being one of them. You may also be coping with grief and loss, finding the dark days hard, having high levels of anxiety and feeling the pressures around having a “good” […]

We are the only specialist eating distress charity in the North East and aim to be a centre of excellence for eating distress support. We offer counselling, support, information, help and hope to anyone in the region affected by eating distress. We have a person-centred approach and our services provide help from early identification through […]

Eating Distress North East (EDNE) has had the impact of our current services and future ambitions recognised with our selection as a 2024 Weston Charity Awards winner. The award gives us the chance to invest in our future with strategic planning support from a dedicated team of four business experts, thanks to pro bono charity […]

Eating Distress North East has been working with the Adult Eating Disorder Provider Collaborative (part of the North East North Cumbria Integrated Care System) to better understand what role the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector could play in supporting adults with eating disorders/distress. Between April 2023 and April 2024 we developed a network (learning […]

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which Muslims around the world fast from dawn to dusk, abstaining from food and drink. Muslims break their fast with a celebratory meal often in a communal setting. Muslims with eating disorders may feel guilty and ashamed for not being able to fast during this […]

Eating Disorder Awareness Week EDAW shines a light on Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). From 26 February - 3 March Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) will be focusing on ARFID, a type of eating distress /disorder. ARFID is a relatively new term. If you have ARFID, you’ll strongly feel the need to avoid certain […]