Eating Disorders Archives

A Father’s Perspective

June 19, 2022 by Abbie Carroll

A Father’s Perspective We just want to say a Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Thank you for all you do and all the love you give. We know at tastelife that being a Dad in the midst of eating disorders can be an incredibly...

Tackling Loneliness Together

May 11, 2022 by Di Archer

It is Mental Health Awareness Week and we are talking about loneliness this year. Research has revealed that one in four adults admit to being lonely some or all of the time. Loneliness is no doubt an incredibly difficult emotion to...

Autism and Eating Disorders

March 28, 2022 by Di Archer

This week is World Autism Acceptance Week. We know all too well at tastelife that eating disorders affect people from all walks of life, they do not discriminate. We asked Barbara Mitra from Worcester University to share with us, her knowledge...

introducing mens track

March 8, 2022 by Di Archer

tastelifeuk is starting a brand new mens online community course. Created for men, run by men. The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people struggling with eating disorders. Over 4 million people are thought to be...

Surviving eating disorders at Christmas for sufferers and supporters

December 14, 2021 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 round...

The Big Christmas Challenge 2021 is live!

November 30, 2021 by Di Archer

Let this be our most generous Christmas yet It’s that time of year, some call it the most wonderful time but it is especially the most wonderful time for us here at tastelife as it is our once-a-year Big Give week! Our link is live and we...

The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2021 is coming up!

October 19, 2021 by Di Archer

Another year…another Big Give Christmas Challenge! 2021 is one more year that tastelife is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. We are running again this year 30th November – 6th...

A guide to easing yourself out of lockdown

September 15, 2021 by Di Archer

Anxiety flourishes in the face of uncertainty. Fuelled by the ever changing environment COVID has thrown us into this past year, we face a final challenge. Returning to before. For some of us the ‘double vaccine’ status we hold fills us with...

EDAW 2021

March 2, 2021 by Di Archer

Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2021 It’s eating disorder awareness week 2021! At tastelife we spend day to day and week to week helping people who struggle with eating disorders. For us, every week is EDAW but we especially want to use this...

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...