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Foundations UK is a charity 'dedicated to helping individuals develop a capacity for self-care through healthy eating and exercise.'[http://www.foundationsuk.org/index.html ] </ref> It works with families, businesses, schools, public sector agencies and professional practitioners. Its strapline is: 'guiding young people to sustainable health'. <ref>[http://www.foundationsuk.org/index.html ] </ref>
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Foundations UK is a charity that provides education and training in nutrition, diet, exercise, fitness and body image, by viewing obesity as a psychological and behavioural problem. <ref>Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], Nursing Times, 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010. </ref> Its focus is young people, in particular, as its logo strapline emphasises, 'guiding young people to sustainable health'. <ref>Foundations [http://www.foundationsuk.org/index.html About Us] </ref>
 
 
 
 
  
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Founded in 2004, the charity works with families, businesses, schools, public sector agencies and professional practitioners, and is 'dedicated to helping individuals develop a capacity for self-care through healthy eating and exercise.<ref>Foundations [http://www.foundationsuk.org/index.html About Us] </ref>
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==Activities==
 
==Activities==
  
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Foundations UK runs one-day courses to assist health professionals in becoming more effective in both one-to-one and group interventions with patients regarding weight management.<ref>Foundations [http://www.foundationsuk.org/index.html About Us] </ref>
  
 
== People ==
 
== People ==
  
* [[Mary Wood]] - chief executive
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Foundations UK's founder and chief executive [[Mary Wood]] is a UKCP registered psychotherapist with over 11 years of experience in the field of eating problems. <ref> Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010. </ref> In a 2007 interview with the ''Nursing Times'' she said:
* [[David Haslam]] - board
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:A lot of government thinking is very didactic,’ she says. ‘Rather than telling people to eat five fruit or veg a day, it would be better to say “eat slowly, sociably and sit down”. It is how we eat, not the content of our food that we need to change.’‘Patients get caught in very different sorts of vicious circles including cultural reasons, mindless eating or the diet sheet/guilt cycle. Understanding their motivation must be part of the process. The health professional is not the manager but the facilitator.’ <ref>Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], ''Nursing Times'', 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010. </ref>
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Mary is also a founder of the [[Eating Problems Service]], which offers individual counselling and workshops to support people with eating disorders. <ref> The Eating Problems Service,[http://www.eatingproblems.org/epsabout.html Meet our founders], accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
  
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=== Trustees===
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* [[David Haslam]] - Chair of the board since 2007
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* [[Jennifer Lambe]] - solicitor
  
==Affiliations==
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===Former trustees===
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* Baroness [[Delyth Morgan]] - a founding trustee, resigned January 2007 upon assuming her appointment as government whip in the House of Lords. Became the charity's patron
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* Sir [[Nicholas Wilson]] - a founding trustee, resigned 6 June 2007 upon assuming his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. <ref> Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1102319&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010. </ref>
  
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== Funding ==
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* £2000 - [[Henry Smith's Charity]] (unrestricted) in 2007
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* £8065 - [[Children in Need]] (restricted) in 2007
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* £1665 - donations less than £1000
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* £20,490 - [[Pfizer]] Ltd in 2006 (restricted funding)
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* £5670 - The [[Drapers Company]] in 2006
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* £2755 - [[Earls Court and Olympia Charitable Trust]] in 2006 <ref> Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1102319&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010. </ref>
  
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==Affiliations==
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* [[Cranfield Trust]]
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
  
 
:Foundations, Masbro Centre, 87 Masbro Road, London W14 0LR
 
:Foundations, Masbro Centre, 87 Masbro Road, London W14 0LR
:Phone:
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:Phone: 0845 241 0962  
:0845 241 0962  
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:Email:Via the website.http://www.foundationsuk.org/contact_email.html
:Email:
 
:Via the website.http://www.foundationsuk.org/contact_email.html
 
 
:registered charity, no. 1102319
 
:registered charity, no. 1102319
 
:Website: http://www.foundationsuk.org/
 
:Website: http://www.foundationsuk.org/
 
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Latest revision as of 15:18, 12 October 2010

Foundations UK is a charity that provides education and training in nutrition, diet, exercise, fitness and body image, by viewing obesity as a psychological and behavioural problem. [1] Its focus is young people, in particular, as its logo strapline emphasises, 'guiding young people to sustainable health'. [2]

Founded in 2004, the charity works with families, businesses, schools, public sector agencies and professional practitioners, and is 'dedicated to helping individuals develop a capacity for self-care through healthy eating and exercise.[3]

Activities

Foundations UK runs one-day courses to assist health professionals in becoming more effective in both one-to-one and group interventions with patients regarding weight management.[4]

People

Foundations UK's founder and chief executive Mary Wood is a UKCP registered psychotherapist with over 11 years of experience in the field of eating problems. [5] In a 2007 interview with the Nursing Times she said:

A lot of government thinking is very didactic,’ she says. ‘Rather than telling people to eat five fruit or veg a day, it would be better to say “eat slowly, sociably and sit down”. It is how we eat, not the content of our food that we need to change.’‘Patients get caught in very different sorts of vicious circles including cultural reasons, mindless eating or the diet sheet/guilt cycle. Understanding their motivation must be part of the process. The health professional is not the manager but the facilitator.’ [6]

Mary is also a founder of the Eating Problems Service, which offers individual counselling and workshops to support people with eating disorders. [7]

Trustees

Former trustees

  • Baroness Delyth Morgan - a founding trustee, resigned January 2007 upon assuming her appointment as government whip in the House of Lords. Became the charity's patron
  • Sir Nicholas Wilson - a founding trustee, resigned 6 June 2007 upon assuming his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. [8]

Funding

Affiliations

Contact

Foundations, Masbro Centre, 87 Masbro Road, London W14 0LR
Phone: 0845 241 0962
Email:Via the website.http://www.foundationsuk.org/contact_email.html
registered charity, no. 1102319
Website: http://www.foundationsuk.org/

Resources

Notes

  1. Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], Nursing Times, 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010.
  2. Foundations About Us
  3. Foundations About Us
  4. Foundations About Us
  5. Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010.
  6. Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], Nursing Times, 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010.
  7. The Eating Problems Service,Meet our founders, accessed 12 October 2010.
  8. Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, Charity Commission, accessed 6 October 2010.
  9. Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, Charity Commission, accessed 6 October 2010.