Some people attend regularly while others may only go along once every couple of months. Telephone Contacts take telephone calls in their own home for a set period each week. Telephone Contacts are trained to listen to and support callers and to offer information about other types of help available in their local area. Telephone Contacts cannot counsel or advise callers but can offer a sympathetic, listening ear to callers in distress, whether they are people with eating disorders, their carers, friends or relatives. Many people prefer to write, rather than talk, to someone about what is worrying them.
Postal Contacts write to people affected by eating disorders, their carers, friends or relatives.
They can offer support and understanding to those they correspond with and will have information about other types of help available in their local area.