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About Personalised Eating Disorder Support - PEDS

Personalised Eating Disorder Support (formerly under Caraline), was set up in Peterborough in April 2013. We became our own registered charity in April 2014, seeing service users of all ages who have a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder. Our charity is run by two nurses who between us have over 30 years experience working in the field of eating disorders. This includes working on a paediatric ward, CAMHS case management, adult eating disorders and working within a specialist eating disorder in-patient unit. We are based at The Barn, Hodgson Centre, Werrington, PE4 5DU in Peterborough City Centre where we offer assessments. We also have a telephone support line during the week and respond to emails (this is a free service), as well as offering outreach and individual / family sessions to people in their homes. Training can be provided to schools, GPs and clubs / other voluntary sector organisations at a small fee. Throughout our work in eating disorders, it became apparent that there is little support available before and after hospital and if caught early enough, an admission may not be needed. Our joint experience as mental health and paediatric nurses helps us to reach out to all members of the community. Our main focus is to help a person and their family gain an understanding of their illness and develop coping skills to manage their symptoms. Whilst we acknowledge it can seem a long road to recovery, the purpose of our charity is to ensure you are not alone on your journey and have support.