Welcome to EDFA
EDFA is the only national organisation providing support, EDucation, advocacy, and counselling SOLELY for carers and families impacted by an eating disorder.
Get Our Diagnosis To Do List
With step-by-step guide on how to prepare for and then navigate the early days of caring for someone with an eating disorder.
Sign Up For The ListEDFA was founded by a group of Australian parents caring for a child with an eating disorder. Our focus has now grown to include all carers and families of those with eating disorders.
EDFA is dedicated to providing lived-experience support, information, validation, EDucation and advocacy to empower families and carers in their journeys with their own loved ones.
We are proud to be the national voice of those caring for someone with an eating disorder. We understand and respect that everyone’s journey is different, and we take an unbiased approach to treatment, clinicians, and pathways of care.
Through our nationwide, online support groups, EDucation webinars, peer to peer support, and events, EDFA empowers families and carers to advocate for their loved ones’ needs and personal role in the recovery journey.
EDFA carer
Kylie Burton
shares her
experience with
EDFA
Executive Director Jane Rowan explains EDFA's mission and why its work is so important.
Support Program
The EDFA Support Program provides support to families and carers via online Support Groups, and an online forum.
Whether your loved one has a diagnosis, or you are concerned about their behaviours around food and/or their appearance, our support program can help you care for your loved one.
Our online community welcomes individuals of all races, religions, cultures, sexual orientation, gender, or identity.
EDucation and Information
EDFA runs national education and information webinars twice a month, with each webinar hosted by different lived-experience or clinical experts in the eating disorder field.
We recognise that by educating families and carers, we are encouraging and empowering them to advocate for their loved one, and for themselves.
Not A Member? Join Today!
Individual Membership
$
35
Annually - recurring
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Exclusive access to:
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Welcome pack (Strong Enough Podcast, fact sheets, carer tips and strategies, hospital admission guides, Medicare Eating Disorder Plan and Australian treatment services)
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National EDucation Program
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Live EDucation webinars
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160+ hours of EDucation webinars recordings and downloadable materials
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Free monthly mindfulness and meditation session with Amanda Goodfellow
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National Support Program
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EDFA's private Facebook Group for carers
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Support Groups for adult carers (parents, partners, siblings and friends)
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Monthly resources on how to navigate the carer role
Family Membership
$
55
Annually - recurring
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Up to 3 family sub accounts and access to:
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Welcome pack (Strong Enough Podcast, fact sheets, carer tips and strategies, hospital admission guides, Medicare Eating Disorder Plan and Australian treatment services)
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National EDucation Program
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Live EDucation webinars
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160+ hours of EDucation webinar recordings and downloadable materials
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Free monthly mindfulness and meditation session with Amanda Goodfellow
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National Support Program
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EDFA's private Facebook Group for carers
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Support Groups for adult carers (parents, partners, siblings and friends)
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Monthly resources on how to navigate the carer role
Strong Enough Podcast
Created for a world-wide audience of carers and families impacted by eating disorders, we speak to leaders in the field of research as well as specialists in education, advocacy and self-care, and hear from those with lived experience who are bravely sharing their biggest challenges and successes in the caring journey.
We would like to express our appreciation to all those who have helped make this podcast a reality, EDFA members, Leah Ward, Alanna McInerney and the team at Teleflex Medical Australia & New Zealand.
What families say about EDFA
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