Video of SYEDA's 25th Anniversary Celebrations: with guest speakers.

Video of SYEDA's 25th Anniversary online Celebrations: Celebrating 25 years. ‘A reflection on the world of eating disorders over the last 25 years and looking to what the future holds’.

This video records SYEDA's 25th anniversary celebrations which took place online November 2021 due to rising COVID 19 numbers in South Yorkshire.

The Event Programme:

Welcome address: Matt Peers, Chair of Trustees, SYEDA

- Chrissie Taylor, Patron and Founder in conversation with Chris Hood (CEO)

- Main speakers: Sam Clark-Stone & Hope Virgo

- Panel question and answer session

The approx running time is 1 hour and 45 minutes.


In this presentation Sam's informative talk titled 'Eating disorders: past, present and future' provides an extremely comprehensive reivew of the world of ED in the UK over the last 25 years. Sam talks from a wealth of experience as a leading and highly respected ED professional: Lead Clinician, Eating Disorders Service, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust and he is also Chair of of British Eating Disorders Society (BrEDS).

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Hope Virgo's talk 'Not all eating disorders are visible' covers the standpoint of someone with lived experience of an ED, changing attitudes and touches on her campaigning work #dumpthescales. Hope is author and multi award winning campaigner for people with eating disorders.

Click here to go straight to Hope's talk

Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to this online celebration. We can’t wait to celebrate with you face to face in the future.