Eating Disorders Archives

tastelife mentioned in House of Lords debate

February 7, 2020 by Mary

This week we have been thrilled to have had our first mention in Parliament! A debate on Tuesday 4th February raised by Baroness Kate Parminter brought to light the painful discrepancy between the scale of care needed for those with eating...

Premier Love Britain and Ireland Awards

October 10, 2019 by Bob Dudley

What an evening! tastelife wins Love Britain and Ireland Award Premier awarded tastelife the Inclusion Award for ‘an outstanding project supporting and serving people with additional needs’ within the community – Di, Mary and...

tastelife Network Coordinator

August 27, 2019 by Bob Dudley

tastelife are looking for a Network Coordinator to help develop our charity. Our Network Coordinator will enable the spread of the community course across the UK by creating a regional structure of community course leaders, building on and...

tastelife Youth Track about to launch!

May 14, 2019 by Bob Dudley

And just like that, we’re in May! The past months have seen the Youth Track progress in leaps and bounds; a real-life resource now exists, with an initial pilot in five different schools across the country. It’s amazing to see that what once...

Jean and Di’s radio interview

February 25, 2019 by Bob Dudley

Jean and Di had the pleasure of speaking about tastelife on UCB radio. You can listen to the interview in full here. Photo by Aitor Romero on Unsplash

tastelife at Christmas

December 19, 2018 by Bob Dudley

The tastelife team wish all our lovely supporters, volunteers and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. tastelifeuk has had such an encouraging 12 months and we couldn’t have done it without you! We’re looking forward to...

Prime Minster’s Points of Light Award

November 22, 2018 by Bob Dudley

It is with great pleasure that we can announce Jean and Di have been awarded the Points of Light Award by Prime Minister, Theresa May. The Prime Minister’s daily Points of Light award recognises outstanding individual volunteers –...

tastelife news Autumn 2018….

October 9, 2018 by Bob Dudley

Find out more about tastelife, our people, upcoming courses and the work we do… Read our latest newsletter here

Church Times article

May 16, 2018 by Bob Dudley

The Church Times have explored eating disorders. tastelife get a mention as do Di, our co-founder and Jo, one of our trained leaders. The link to the full article can be found here Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash

Surviving eating disorders at Christmas

November 15, 2017 by Di Archer

By Jean Hart – co-founder of tastelife. For anyone suffering from an eating disorder, the thought of Christmas does not conjure up feelings of delightful anticipation, far from it. Thoughts about the Christmas meal itself, and having to sit...

International ref Nigel Owens’ ongoing bulimia battle

July 24, 2017 by Di Archer

Rugby union referee Nigel Owens reveals his struggle with eating disorder bulimia nervosa is not over and remains an ongoing battle. There have been a number of ‘firsts’ in my life. As a referee in world-class rugby, one of the most...

tastelife video

July 24, 2017 by Di Archer

We have a new video that will be shown at New Wine, please feel free to share with friends, loved ones, churches or any other groups you attend. Please click on the read more button to get the link. We are passionate about getting help out there...