Entries by Heather Cassie

Beating the blues

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 Although not specifically for those affected by eating disorders, this new online course from the NHS may be of help to you if you are feeling depressed or anxious. The course has 8 sessions and is available through your GP. It is easy to use and totally confidential. It is available as a treatment with […]

Parent/Carer Representation

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The Scottish Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eating Disorders Services have recently held their first national conference and created a steering group which will meet three times per year. The purpose of this group is to maintain links between the services, look at current practice, discuss what the services need, and look at recent research. […]

UK award for GI collaboration with ED

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NHS Grampian’s effective work for patients with eating disorders, which integrated teams in the Gastrointestinal (GI) department, the Eden Eating Disorders (ED) Unit and the outpatient eating disorder services, has scooped 2nd prize in the UK SAGE Awards. Congratulations to everyone involved! The accolade is for the “Integrated Education Resource for the medical management of […]

Aberdeen University students award cheque to NEEDS(Scotland)

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Aberdeen University Students’ Association held their Disbursement Ceremony at the Sir Duncan Rice Library on 24th June 2015. NEEDS(Scotland) were delighted to be presented with a cheque for almost £1400 at the event. We hope to hold a conference day for group members with speakers and workshops in March 2016 using these funds. Committee members […]

Scotland’s Beat Young Ambassadors win awards

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NEEDS(Scotland) are delighted to announce that two of our volunteer facilitators, Katie Bedford and Emma Lindsey are part of the team of Beat Young Ambassadors in Scotland which was selected to receive an Inspiring Volunteering Achievement Award. The award will be presented to two representatives by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the City Chambers. […]

Thank you Alison and Kris for representing us at the Torcher parade

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NEEDS(Scotland) were very proud to have volunteer Alison and her son Kris represent us at the Torcher Parade in Aberdeen on Saturday 28th March. Alison was delighted to do this, as she was very keen to celebrate her daughter’s recovery from an eating disorder. 28th March, 7 years ago, was the day her daughter was […]

2015 Ceilidh Fundraiser

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You can now get tickets for the NEEDS Scotland ceilidh fundraiser which is being held on Friday the 3rd April 2015 at Elphinstone Hall (Aberdeen University). Call 07988 179473 for tickets (£12 for adults/ £10 concessions). For those keen to get a table, the doors open at 7pm and the music starts 7.30ish.

Torcher Parade 2015

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The largest student-led parade in Europe – Aberdeen’s Torcher Parade – is on 28th March 2015 and we are hugely honoured to have been nominated by the Student Charities this year and to have 2 torch bearers. Please come along on Saturday 28th March at 6.30pm to see us, and watch more than 2000 students […]

Carers’ Conference 2015

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SEDIG Carers’ Forum are holding their annual Carers’ Conference in Edinburgh on February 28th from 9.30am – 4pm at the Edinburgh Training and Conference Centre, 16 St Mary’s Street. Details are available from our administrator or on the SEDIG website. The topic this year is “How to move forward” and the speakers will be looking […]