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The online community for carers

Welcome to the Beat Carers' Forum!

This is a dedicated space for anyone who supports someone with an eating disorder: family members, friends - even teachers and colleagues.

Here you can access message boards, 'Carers' Chats', details of the Carers' Ambassadors scheme and a wealth of information for carers and about Beat's services.

This website holds enormous potential; we want to ensure an accessible, clear, informative site offering information and support that carers want and need. We welcome your suggestions for developing the site - please e-mail Lawrence at Beat:l.brown@b-eat.co.uk.

Carers' Chats 2012

The next chat session will take place on Tuesday 29th May, at the usual time of 7:30 to 8:30pm. This will be an open discussion - a space where you can chat with other carers about your experiences. 

If you plan to join in the chat and you haven't done so before, please e-mail Lawrence (l.brown@b-eat.co.uk) or Ben (b.dunne@b-eat.co.uk) and we will send you information to help you easily access the chat. Alternatively, a guide to registering and using the chat software can be found on the Carers' Chat page of this site.

NEW Carers' Booklets available to download!

Thanks to all who have been involved in developing the range of booklets for those supporting someoe with an eating disorder: Caring for a child or adolescent; Supporting an adult; and Supporting a partner - which are now available to download here.

'This is a very positive booklet and is again another step towards showing that eating disorders can be beaten.' - Becki Coogan, Beat Volunteer 

Printed copies are available from Beat and are free to carers: click here to access the Literature Order Form from the Beat website.

About Beat 

Beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families.

Beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 21 years of work. Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.6 million people in the UK.