In support of Eating Disorders Awareness Week - 22 to 26 February - BU is working in close partnership with local organisations, to host a series of informative events.
The events will include a comedy gig, lectures from professionals, as well as discussions led by people with personal experience of having, and recovering, from an eating disorder.
Events need to be booked through Eventbrite and are open to staff, students and the wider community. For full information and to book onto any of the events, please see the details below.
Sarah Clark, Occupational Therapist for Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust will share her experience of living with an eating disorder complicated by PTSD and childhood trauma, whilst working in a healthcare setting.
Award-winning comic Dave Chawner explores eating disorders, mental health and identity in his new show. This is a free event, with donations collected for the charity Beat.
Thursday 25 February
Why not talk about eating disorders…? 10am - 11am, Student Hall, Talbot Campus and 2.30pm - 3.30pm in BG11, Bournemouth House
Multimedia journalist and BBC producer Sarah Robertson shares her own battles with mental health issues in these free talks.
You can also check out our videos on the BU You Tube channel. The videos are a collection of short films featuring people in Dorset talking about their own lived experience of eating disorders.
There is also a link to the awareness, recovery and hope in eating disorders survey which aims to look at people's experience to establish whether watching any of these videos has started to change or reinforce existing attitudes towards eating disorders.
