making sense of my world
by artist Helen Shaddock

Recovery Books

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery Recovery Books RECOVERY STORIES   Stand Tall Little Girl: Facing Up to Anorexia Hope Virgo, 2022   Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia Livia Sara, 2023   Weight expectations : one man’s recovery from anorexia Dave Chawner, 2018   Eating disorders don’t discriminate : stories of illness, hope and recovery from diverse voices […]

Dave Chawner – 5 Amazin’ Facts About Eating Disorders

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery Dave Chawner – 5 Amazin’ Facts About Eating Disorders https://youtu.be/b_KiPPV1DAQ?si=vx9vAVbs5n-DTq_j Created for Mens Health Week 2015, Dave Chawner reveals 5 things about eating disorders that are not commonly known. For more info go to: Twitter – @DaveChawner Email – Info@DaveChawner.co.uk Website – www.DaveChawner.co.uk

Helen’s Story profiled by Medical Research Foundation

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery Helen’s Story profiled by Medical Research Foundation The Medical Research Foundation have featured my story on their website and through their social media channels.  Find out more here: https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/support-us/real-life-stories/helen https://www.instagram.com/p/DDM8_fkP3xk/

How to manage the festive period

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery How to manage the festive period The festive time can be challenging for all, let alone those with eating distress, OCD and neurodiversity.  This resource explains what things might be particularly difficult, suggests some ways to cope if you are struggling, and also provides some ways that friends, family, carers and […]

CONVERSATION: Speaking…From Personal Experience

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery CONVERSATION Speaking…From Personal Experience Helen Shaddock in conversation with Dave Chawner, award winning stand-up and best-selling author Thursday 24 October 2024 6:00 – 7:30pm The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne TRANSCRIPT   Welcome to The NewBridge Project: Dan Russell,   Introduction to artED, The Thing, Dave Chawner and the ‘Joined up […]

CONVERSATION: Creating Your Own Recovery Journey

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery CONVERSATION Creating Your Own Recovery Journey – is that even possible? Helen Shaddock in conversation with Alisdair Cameron (Co-Director ReCoCo), Claire Murphy-Morgan (Senior Research Assistant, RHED-C), Anne Fry (CEO, Eating Distress North East) and Fiona Granger (NHS Specialist Nurse in ED) Tuesday 1 October 2024 6:00-7:30 pm ReCoCo – Recovery College […]

ARCHIVE: Wellcome Collection

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery ARCHIVE: Wellcome Collection Journals of a Pandemic: a project recording life in COVID-19 Journals of a Pandemic was set up in April 2020 as a collective writing project gathering personal impressions and experiences of life in COVID-19; the project wound up in November 2020. The project was open to anyone to […]

TOOLKIT: ConnectED on the Journey

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery TOOLKIT ConnectED on The Journey ConnectED on The Journey is a new online toolkit designed to support both recipients and providers of eating disorders and eating distress support.  It has been co-designed by people with lived experience of receiving and providing support online. It has been developed as part of Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders […]

MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery ORGANISATION Medical Research Foundation Improving human health – the enduring challenge In the last five years alone, the Medical Research Foundation has invested £25 million into life-changing medical research, focusing on areas that have historically been underfunded. It has injected much-needed funding into the field of eating disorders, ensuring there is […]

HOME TIME TEMPLATE

Toolbox Resources supporting recovery Home Time Commission by New Writing North  In 2020 I was commissioned by New Writing North to create a journal template that readers could download, print and complete.  Copyright: Helen Shaddock Home Time invites you to draw and write your day, to reflect upon the small details that make each day […]