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Formation and Development
CEDA formed in 2000 as a small group of carers and sufferers lobbying the then Health
Authority to accept the need for a specialist Eating Disorder Service in the county.
During
2001/2 Cornwall & IOS Health Authority adopted a 5 year development plan (funds not
guaranteed) for a community based service. The small group of carers and sufferers
formed into a charity and a company limited by guarantee and the Health Authority
gave them a small amount of money. This was given to enable CEDA to become a source
of information, support and assistance for people suffering from eating disorders
in the county.
The Health Authority has now changed into three Primary Care Trusts
alongside whom CEDA continues to work, encouraging and lobbying them to continue
to allocate development funds to the service and informing them of carers and sufferers
concerns.
The Chairman of CEDA is also the lay chair of the Eating Disorder Service
Implementation Group (a multidisciplinary group of health professionals with responsibility
for the strategy and development of the service).
The strength of the relationship
between the service and the voluntary sector is unprecedented anywhere in the country;
and we believe working alongside each other, respecting each other, and acknowledging
we all have a part to play in treatment is the way forward to help people in Cornwall,
and their families, recover from an eating disorder.
GOALS
* to provide information
and support to all those affected by eating disorders in Cornwall & IOS
* to actively
increase knowledge and understanding of eating disorders in Cornwall & IOS
* to campaign
for improved standards and availability of treatment and care for people with eating
disorders
* to develop an organisation able to respond to the changing and increasing
needs of people affected by eating disorders
* to maintain the financial sustainability
of the organisation with funding adequate to achieve our aims
FUNDING
CEDA had a small
amount of funding from Cornwall & IOS Health Authority in 2001. It has had no further
public funding since then. We are extremely grateful to the local organisations that
have held fund-
We have no regular source of income. We are putting together bids to charitable
organisations to support our work to ensure we continue to be financially viable.
If
you would like to help please look on our fundraising section.
CEDA is both
a charity (reg. no 1096484) and a company limited by guarantee with charitable status
(company reg. no 04482904).
All CEDA's directors are committed to openness and financial
probity and give their time freely without charge.
Directors: Mary O'Connell, Jackie Hardaker, Pat Cartwright
Bankers: Royal Bank of Scotland, Truro:
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