I am fundraising for Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity. Beat supports anyone with an eating disorder, their friends and family, as well as professionals working with or worried about an individual in their care. These serious mental illnesses include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. 725,000 people in the UK have a diagnosed eating disorder. They affect people of all ages and backgrounds, and up to one in four sufferers are male. Eating disorders cost the UK's economy £16.8 billion each year.

I chose Beat because people very close to me are affected by eating disorders. People I love who have to face unimaginable horrors every single day and some who have to fight daily to simply exist. It is not very well known to most people and isn't anywhere near as funded as it should be. It is such a huge thing that needs to be understood by society as a whole and treated appropriately. Please give whatever you can for a great cause :)