Welcome to the Beat Scotland Twitter account. Beat is the UK's eating disorder charity. Contact our Helpline for support 👉 0808 801 0432, email or DM us.

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2017
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It can take a lot of courage to go the doctors and access eating disorder treatment, and it can feel difficult when you can't get the help that follows clinical guidelines. We're here to help you to get the support that you need. Find out more here: beateatingdisorders.org.uk/g…
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Today is our Scottish parliament debate for Eating Disorders Awareness Week, taking place after Decision Time at 7:45pm and led by @ElenaWhitham Join us in person if you're in Scotland, or tune into the debate through the Scottish Parliament website: bit.ly/4rhCWNB
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If you’re finding it hard to get eating disorder treatment in Scotland, our new service Amplify (RENAMED 'Advocacy service') can help you understand the next steps needed towards changing decisions that are not in line with this guidance. Find out more: bit.ly/4tDfeNy
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We're excited to announce eating disorders will be discussed in a parliamentary debate for Eating Disorders Awareness Week - and we'd love it if you joined us! 📆 Tuesday 17 February 📍 Meet us outside the Scottish parliament building 🕐 Around 6pm
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📢 Call for Male Participants aged 16-25 Male experiences are often under-represented in the eating disorder research, and we want to change that.
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In January, we're meeting with Tom Arthur MSP, to further raise awareness of eating disorders in Scotland. We'd like to give you the opportunity to share your thoughts to shape Scottish policy and services through our short survey: beateatingdisorders.tfaforms…
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Are you aged 18+ and living with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)? Help shape a new study! Get more info and meet the study team⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=k3o7TMoX… @beatED
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With schools going back this week, we wanted to remind you of SPOT - our FREE e-learning space for school professionals. This will give you the tools to identify a student with an eating disorder and help them access support. Interested? Head here: bit.ly/4mAxxP1
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Good luck to everyone in Scotland today receiving their results for their National 5, Highers and Advanced Highers ⭐ How will you be celebrating?
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A huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who took part in this year’s Edinburgh Marathon and Half Marathon for Beat 🎉 We had a total of 62 runners, and collectively they raised just over £64,500! Want to apply for 2026? Find out more here: beateatingdisorders.org.uk/s…
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It's #CarersWeek, and so we wanted to highlight how many people we've been supporting through POD, our e-learning site, this year. If you're a parent, partner, family member or friend of someone with an eating disorder, take a look at POD today: bit.ly/3l7OqTN
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This week is #CarersWeek, and so we want to say thank you to all of the parents, partners, family members, friends and colleagues who have and currently are supporting someone with an eating disorder 💜 Use the comments to shout out someone you want to say thank you to 👇 👇 👇
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Our Helpline services is closed today (Thursday 5 June) due to an all-staff away day. We won’t be able to respond to calls or messages during this time. We’ll reopen as normal on Friday, 6th June at 3pm. Thank you for understanding 💜
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Don't miss out to share your experiences - fill out our survey today 👉 bit.ly/43sJ4sY If you've had eating disorder experience, or supported someone who has, and have used TikTok, take our survey and help us make TikTok a safer space.
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We're super excited to see your Step Out walks next week - and if you haven't yet signed up don't worry, there's still plenty of time! Just pick a date, get some friends, family or colleagues together, and go for a walk. Head here to sign up now: bit.ly/4iIEX0o
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June is Pride, and we want to use this to amplify the voices of those in the LGBTQ+ community who have experience of an eating disorder. Film your response to 'What's one thing you wish people knew about the LGBTQ+ community and eating disorders?' here: videoask.com/falbsckgi
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Good luck to all our Edinburgh Marathon and Edinburgh Half Marathon runners this weekend! You’ve all done a phenomenal job with your fundraising - thank you so much for supporting Beat 💜 We’re all cheering you on 👏👏👏 #EdinburghMarathon
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We'd like to say a big THANK YOU to the Scottish Government, who have given us a £607,850 grant for this year, to support the work we do to help those affected by eating disorders in Scotland 💜 You can read more about this here: beateatingdisorders.org.uk/n…
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Are you on TikTok? Take our anonymous survey if you: ✅ Have experience of an eating disorder ✅ Have personally supported someone with an eating disorder Fill out our survey here: beateatingdisorders.tfaforms…
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