Biteback Relaunch

My main focus this week has been the re-launch of Biteback, the Union’s self-help group for people with eating disorders. I’ve been working with Women’s Committee to run stalls in the Union all week to raise awareness of Biteback, including through handing out free fruit, recipe cards and Biteback flyers.

Biteback is run by a fantastic student volunteer and provides a friendly, comfortable and confidential environment for people with eating disorders to meet and talk to others in a similar situation.

Over a million people in Britain are affected by eating disorders, and all the evidence shows that students and young women are most likely to be affected. Biteback is a really important source of help and support for students affected by eating disorders.

The group meets on alternate Tuesday evenings at 6pm in Hicks Building Room F30 (though this room changes to the Dales next semester). The next meetings this semester are on December 4th and December 18th. To find our more about Biteback from the group coordinator you can email biteback@sheffield.ac.uk

For information on other sources of advice and support about eating disorders please check out my section of the website – (http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/advice/support-groups/eating-disorders.php­)

Next semester I’m planning to run a fundraising campaign for South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association (SYEDA). SYEDA provide a huge range of support services for people with eating disorders, but they rely heavily on donations to keep these services running. If you’d like to help with fundraising for them please get in touch, or come along to a women’s committee meeting.

Also this week I’ve represented the Union at NUS National Council – the group which oversees NUS’ work in between annual conferences. I’ve also continued working on the Union’s environmental policy, and I’ve worked with E&E Committee to arrange a coach to the national climate change march on December 8th. Coach tickets are on sale at Box Office now and cost just £7.50.