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Events
EVENTS - TIMELINE
July 2020 - Moving offices to South Brisbane – Bunnings, Graya donations
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Bunnings donating kitchen cabinetry for kitchen renovations at our new office
Local business Graya donated tiles for our kitchen splashback
July 2020 - Cooking videos
Local business Graya donated tiles for our kitchen splashback
August 2020 - Spring Reconnect - 26 August
The flyer for our August Reconnect event with the theme of Spring
August 2020 - Office move
David and Lisa getting our artwork ready to move
Saying goodbye to our lovely couch at the Toowong office
Setting up our artwork in our new space in South Brisbane
September 2020
The flyer for our September Reconnect event held online with the theme of BIEDAW
Mel and David getting ready to facilitate the Wise Choices program
Karen from the Board and Lisa with sculptures Lisa created for our Reconnect Event
Client artwork created at the Reconnect event
Local MP Jackie Trad visiting EDQs new office space and saying hello to participants of our Reconnect event
Jackie with some of the EDQ team
October 2020
EDQ staff enjoying a picnic at Musgrave Park together
NAIDOC week event 2020
The clinical team being led through a workshop by Dr. Jenny Gilmore
December 2020
The team took a break from the annual Operational Planning day to visit the Musgrave Park Swimming Centre across the road
Karen Dare (EDQ Board Chair) and Belinda Chelius (EDQ CEO, not pictured) meeting with Sandra Eyre (Senior Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Queensland Health), Fleur Ward (Manager, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Queensland Health)
The team enjoying our end of year lunch
Flyer for the final Reconnect event of the year. The theme was taking time for yourself over the holiday season
Sarah pictures with a beautiful plant donated by the Centre for Integrative Health Flyer for our first Reconnect event of 2021
April 2021
The food and activity from our Reconnect event in April
May 2021
Lisa being the spokesperson for our Welcome to EDQ video that was filmed in May
June 2021
June 4 - Belinda with Prof Sarah McGuire, Director of InsideOut
June 8 - Belinda was able to attend the opening event for Wandi Nerida on the Sunshine Coast
We had the opportunity to sit with Aunty Dawn Daylight on Yuggera Country and hear her story
EVENTS - TIMELINE CONTINUED
June 2021 - continued
June 23 - The EDQ team took a day trip to Wandi Nerida to see the new facility and learn about their program
June 25 - Shane Jeffrey from River Oak Health came to EDQ to provide a training day on the RAVES model
June 18 - Belinda attended the 2021 State Budget Breakfast hosted by QCOSS (Queensland Council of Social Service), as a guest of QAMH (Queensland Alliance for Mental Health). Here Belinda is pictured with Melanie Sennett (Executive Director, Stepping Stones)
June 2021 - continued
Belinda Chelius interviewed Professor Nicholas Martin and Cynthia Bulik to raise awareness of the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) within the Queensland eating disorder community. The EDGI study aims to identify hundreds of genes that influence a person’s risk of developing anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa & binge-eating disorder in order to improve treatments, &, ultimately save lives. EDQ encourages anyone who is interested in this study to consider becoming a participant.
EVENTS - CONFERENCES
ICED 2021 – Silver Sponsors
For International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) annual conference this year EDQ was a silver sponsor. The theme for this year was Cultivating Inclusivity & Diversity Across Research & Practice. EDQ’s CEO Belinda and student Jess Tone presented on Therapeutic Interventions for Eating Disorders as an Alternative to the Medical Model. This presentation was available to all international conference attendees.
Nat Scales presenting on 10-Week Therapeutic Group
The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Conference is Australasia’s leading and most diverse mental health conference. The 2021 theme was ‘Balancing the System’.
EDQ attended TheMHS, 9-12 February 2021. This conference was based in Perth, but was held virtually. EDQ submitted a poster on the Community Table, and EDQ staff Nat Scales and Christophe Langlasse presented on our Peer Mentoring Program and our Ten -Week Therapeutic Treatment Group. This was EDQ’s first time participating in the MHS conference.
