Why make a donation to EDFA?
Eating Disorders Families Australia is a volunteer, not for profit organisation, supporting and advocating for parents and carers as they battle to save their loved one from an eating disorder.
100% of the amount donated goes directly towards supporting and educating families affected by an eating disorder.
How will your donation help?
- run monthly strive Carer Support Groups in every state across the country
- deliver education and information seminars with leading speakers in the eating disorder field
- provide peer-to-peer mentoring advice
- advise and advocate for the active involvement of the family in the treatment plan.
A parent’s heartbreak
Watch this video to understand why an organisation like EDFA is so desperately needed.
Eating Disorders affect the whole family
These complex and insidious illnesses impact the entire family unit. By supporting EDFA, you are allowing us to continue our work and continue to support these families affected.
EDFA has full DGR status and all donations are fully tax deductible.
Become a member of EDFA for $25 per year (Australian Carers Only)
EDFA is a proud not for profit, volunteer run organisation.
We invite you to be part of a revolutionary peer support group making positive changes in the Eating Disorder space. Strength in numbers means we are able to affect change and have the collective voice of the carers recognised.
We provide opportunities to connect with other parents and carers who share your experiences… helping you to feel less alone and isolated.
Yearly membership is just $25.
Membership gives access to:
– Access to a range of resources in our Member Only section of the website including Educational Recordings, Member Recommended Clinicians and Services, and more.
– monthly state-based strive carer support groups
– twice monthly education sessions
– monthly sibling support group
– quarterly strive support groups for carers of people with ARFID, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, as well as a group for male carers
– discounts to eating disorder events and conferences.
– daily online support through our strive Facebook page and the opportunity to connect, share, learn and ask questions is another benefit of being part of our EDFA community.
Your membership helps EDFA with ongoing costs of running a not-for-profit organisation, and importantly, shows Government that families value, need and believe in this type of lived-experience support. Strength in numbers helps EDFA lobby as the collective voice of carers for better services, treatments, access to expert clinicians and specialised ED units, to help our loved ones in their recovery journey and to acknowledge the impact of an eating disorder diagnosis on the entire family unit
