Spend your dollazzz on me! Give me money to give to Beat to save livez. One GBP kept in our pocket today may be more valuable than one GBP we will retain tomorrow, but the same goes for saving a human’s life. Sense of urgency is paramount.

Eating disorders are nasty. Anorexia is very deadly. I hate it. I suffered from it, and now I want others to win against it. I am very sad when people choose it against life, and die as a result of this choice. Unlike what you may think, anorexia is not caused by social pressures. It is a brain disorder (mostly). It is as serious as schizophrenia, for instance. Speak to me, if you need convincing as to why you should give 1 quid to Beat now. I'll give two reasons:

a) Evidence based treatments mostly suck for anorexia, sadly. Drugs like antidepressants work for bulimia, but not anorexia...There's enough empirical evidence to think expensive tools may help, though (e.g. neuromodulation machines). Who knows, maybe Beat may buy some??

b) John Paul Flintoff cleverly talks about charity in his School of Life book. He knows that ''charity is charity'' view is incorrect. Apparently, there is a rational algorithm that tells you how much of your income you may want to give to other people. It also tells you which charities may spend your money the way you want them to. I am not sure about Beat. My gut tells me 1 quid for them would not be waste, though.

If you give 1 pound now, via this page, then please "pull a pair of silly socks" (whatever that means, socks are silly any who if you think about them; you could lengthen your life by significant number of mins if you quit socks) on the 26 Feb 2016 (`friday of ed awareness week)

I think there's no way of me knowing where the money comes from, because it directly goes to Beat (or maybe there is, haven't used this website for these purposes before). But, if you wear your socks, then I will know and trust you (you can also send photos to me on my whatsapp if we are physically apart on the day). 

And I can offer:

a) my time: some wise guy I know said "time is money, think about that"... I may offer to buy you coffee, or cook for you... or sing for you (would not recommend this option unless you have a cacophony fetish)

b) If you give more than 1 quid, then I may dedicate something I write to you. I don't know how valuable this would be for you, but if I were you, it would be for me.

c) If you donate between 5-10 quid, then I may write a short story exclusively for you, and about you!

c) If you give significantly more, then I may surprise you!

https://www.b-eat.co.uk/support-us/eating-disorder-awareness-week

I am aware it is not butterflies and rainbows apart from this. How could one claim such an idealistic, naïve-like argument and take a dreamer stance (i.e. please donate for EDs?) whilst we globally face tremendous negativity and challenge in almost all macro domains such as economics, health, politics, war and peace, education, environment, and energy to name just a few? 

Weeeelllz, even a tiny improvement in ED treatment is significant. There's enough hope and happiness as a result of few individuals' achievements (both clinical and academia professionals'). The best part of the good news is these individuals are only few examples constrained within a very specific cause. Think other problems, and there are many others who think and act in similar ways...They're nice and brave.

Just because you have not seen these stars with naked eye on a non clear view misty night, does not mean they do not exist. They are in fact very bright for where they are. 

Fundraising and such may be dead to some intelligent skeptics, who do not bother to go out of their comfort zone to see where such effort lives, or those who only care about their immediate environments.  Factually and empirically speaking though, these efforts are alive, and their pulses can be heard to those who grab their stethoscopes.

"Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity."