Support for those experiencing an eating disorder, friends, family, carers and professionals.
Workshops and training for teachers, professionals, students and parents
Support groups for people with eating disorders, their family, friends and carers
Guidance, tools and strategies to support recovery. Programs for carers and people with eating disorders
Specialised and intensive treatment programs
Percentage of people with an eating disorder in treatment
Approximate number of people with an eating disorder in Australia
Percentage of people with an eating disorder that are male in Australia
People caring for a loved one with an eating disorder in Australia
People living in Australia, rarely or never speak positively about their appearance
Approximate young people reached through Butterfly Education body esteem programs
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By sharing your experience, you can help provide understanding, encouragement and hope to others. If you are interested in sharing your story with our online community, there are several steps involved:
1. Please read the Share Your Story - Butterfly Guidelines. Your story must adhere to these guidelines.
2. We need to be mindful of others reading your story and their safety. Please read the Mindframe Media Guidelines. These guidelines will help shape your story in a way that ensures the safety of our community.
3.Think about the message you with to share with others and how this may help them.
4. Suggested length: 200-500 words
Butterfly is here to create a safe environment for sharing. This page is not a live moderated forum, and stories will be uploaded after being reviewed.

