The Butterfly Foundation provides telephone, email and webchat support for all people affected by eating disorders and negative body image, a person with the illness, their family and their friends.

The Australian government may be ceasing the foundation's funding in the next 12 months. This service is is vital for suffers of eating disorders as 1 million of Australians are effected.

Living in this digital world, eating disorders are on the rise and with the lack of support and funding already in this mental illness cutting funding leaves millions alone and sick. 

Eating disorders are serious psychiatric disorders with significantly distorted eating behaviours and high risk of physical as well as psychological harm. Left unaddressed, the medical, psychological and social consequences can be serious and long term. Once entrenched eating disorders can impact on every aspect of an individual’s life and for many, can be life threatening.

Mental illness is hard enough to address in an individual's life and cutting funding leaves suffers feeling more alone and unimportant. Please show support by signing this petition and share with your family and friends to show the Australian government and Health ministers that this is an important, vital service that needs more funding not less.  

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-16/life-saving-helpline-for-anorexia-patients-set-to-be-axed/7412358​

http://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au