What is The Butterfly Foundation?
The Butterfly Foundation provides support for Australians who suffer from eating disorders and negative body image issues, and their carers. It provides telephone and online support, direct financial relief, advocacy, awareness campaigns, health promotion and early intervention work, professional training and education in schools and support for relevant research.
What role did SCF play?
The SCF has provided funding to The Butterfly Foundation over a number of years which has helped them to employ a part time administrative assistant.
How were the funds sourced?
A grant was made using funds from two of the SCF’s subfunds, the L’Envolee Vitale subfund of the SCF and the Youanmi subfund of the SCF. Both subfunds were established to support work in this area.
The result
Having an additional staff member dedicated to administration has meant that the other staff in the office - counsellors, educators and those involved in their service delivery - are able to maximise their efforts in the delivery of providing services to people with eating disorders, and their carers.
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au