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  • welcome to

    eating
    distress

    north east

    Eating distress north east was first established as NIWE in 1988 and re-launched in 2021. We offer independent confidential services mainly from our Newcastle base to people affected by eating distress across the North East of England.
    About EDNE
  • Training

    & education

    We deliver educational talks on the topic of eating disorders to a range of people from the public, private, voluntary and education sectors.
    Training & Education
  • Support

    for friends & family 

    We know that it can be extremely distressing and bewildering watching a loved one struggling with eating distress/disorder so we offer this support group for friends and families. It is important that you also have the support you need.
    Support for Friends and Family
  • Help

    for people with eating 
    distress

    You or a loved one don’t have to suffer in silence. Full recovery from an eating disorder/distress is possible. It can take time and each person’s journey is different. We are here to help.
    Get Help
  • welcome to

    eating
    distress

    north east

    We are an independent charity, originally established in 1988 by a group of people who were affected by eating distress and disorders and who were concerned that they were not able to find helpful information, guidance and help when they needed it.
    About EDNE
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  • Training

    & Education

    We deliver educational talks on the topic of eating disorders to a range of people from the public, private, voluntary and education sectors.
    More Info
    EDNE Training icon
  • Support

    for friends & family

    We know that it can be extremely distressing and bewildering watching a loved one struggling with eating distress/disorder so we offer this support group for friends and families. It is important that you also have the support you need.
    More Info
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  • Help for

    people with eating distress

    You or a loved one don’t have to suffer in silence. Full recovery from an eating disorder/distress is possible. It can take time and each person’s journey is different. We are here to help.
    More Info
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Welcome to

eating distress

north east
Eating Distress North East (EDNE) offers independent confidential services to people affected by eating distress across the North East
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Training and
Education
We deliver educational talks on the topic of eating disorders to a range of people from the public, private, voluntary and education sectors.
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Help for People
with Eating Distress
You or a loved one don’t have to suffer in silence. Full recovery from an eating disorder/distress is possible. It can take time and each person’s journey is different.
We are here to help.”
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First

Steps

From First Signs to Recovery


Our First Steps films tell the stories of 4 different people to help you recognise the signs and symptoms

of eating distress/disorder and so to be able to take the First Step.

Our message of hope to you is that recovery is always possible and people here share their own recovery journeys

Online Video Resources


Video Resources from Pooky Knightsmith”s
Mental Health YouTube Channel

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What people say

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You think you’re the only person in the world. Now I’ve found out I’m not the only one.

Testimonials

The counselling sessions were absolutely amazing and life-changing.

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I used to block out feeling with food, it’s not like that now’

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Once I got through the door it was easy. They didn’t judge. EDNE helped me to get to be this new person. The old one never looked up and never spoke.

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The EDNE counsellor’s the only person who has helped me.. the big high walls have come down

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It has literally changed the quality of my life.

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Eating distress ..is such a secretive thing. This has been the first time I didn’t feel alone with it.

Testimonials

The counselling has been a big turning point and the support from EDNE has been amazing.

Testimonials

‘..has given me life-changing help. They’ve helped me overcome the barriers. It’s been about unravelling decades.

Testimonials

EDNE started me thinking about what resilience is and how I could manage day to day and have strategies’

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EDNE was friendly welcoming and flexible

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‘I couldn’t have managed without coming here. I genuinely think this place has kept me alive. I have a sense of hope now.’

Testimonials

..entire process has been incredibly supportive and empathetic, giving me the support I needed to move forwards.

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‘It was not just putting a plaster over something, it was about healing it. I can’t describe how it feels to have switched my mindset, after 50 years it is mind-blowing’

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I was given permission to feel. Instead of being a person with an eating disorder, I was a person who could feel feelings’

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I’ve really appreciated the help I’ve been given at EDNE, I didn’t feel like I was just there as a client who just needed to get to the end of their sessions. I actually felt heard and understood.

Maudsley Course Testimonials

The course exceeded my expectations ! ..Excellent practical examples.. Feels empowering to have these tools…

Maudsley Course Testimonials

I would thoroughly recommend this course to other carers wherever they are on their journey of supporting a loved one with and ED. Thank you EDNE.

Maudsley Course Testimonials

your unerring positivity, your calmness.. your skill, your knowledge and true EMPATHY(!) lifted the darkness and I am sure made everyone feel SO much better. I feel more positive today than I have for ages.

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