The Butterfly Foundation - Supporting Australians with Eating Disorders

The Butterfly Foundation was founded in August 2002 by Claire Vickery who found many 'gaps' in the public health system for those suffering from eating disorders. The Foundation is a community based charitable organisation that supports eating disorder sufferers and their carers through direct financial relief, advocacy and lobbying, awareness campaigns, health promotion and early intervention work and professional training in primary and secondary schools.

The granting of tax deductible status as a Public Benevolent Institution by the Australian Tax Office in January 2003 illustrates the increasing awareness within the community that eating disorders are a growing problem affecting people of all ages, gender, and across society in need of urgent reform.