Foundations UK
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]
It 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.' Founded in 2004, its strapline is: 'guiding young people to sustainable health'. [2]
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.
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. [3] 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.’ [4]
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Funding
- £2000 - Henry Smith's Charity (unrestricted) in 2007
- £8065 - Children in Need (restricted) in 2007
- £1665 - donations less than £1000
- £20,490 - Pfizer Ltd in 2006 (restricted funding)
- £5670 - The Drapers Company in 2006
- £2755 - Earls Court and Olympia Charitable Trust in 2006 [5]
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
- ↑ Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], Nursing Times, 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010.
- ↑ Foundations About Us
- ↑ Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010.
- ↑ Vicky Hoban, [How to Play the Obesity Mind Game], Nursing Times, 24 July 2007, Vol 103 No 30, accessed 10 October 2010.
- ↑ Foundation UK 2006-07 accounts, [Charity Commission], accessed 6 October 2010.
