Over the past two years, Mosaic Foundation has supported endED in realising their vision of delivering Australia’s first live-in eating disorder residential facility. Foundation Co-Founder Kathryn Monahan recently visited Butterfly House, a true community project that has brought the Sunshine Coast together.
Having two daughters suffer eating disorders, Mark and Gayle Forbes came to recognise a major gap in the availability of information and support for suffers, their carers and families. This resulted in them establishing the Sunshine Coast based endED (end Eating Disorders) in 2015 from their own home.
Teaming with the Butterfly Foundation, a national support body for eating disorders, the Forbes set about finding like-minded individuals and companies who could assist them in realising their mission; to construct Australia’s first live-in eating disorder residential facility.
Butterfly House in the Mooloolah Valley is the culmination of a long, challenging journey for endED, which has seen it secure $6 million in government funding to assist in constructing and managing the facility for the first four years, as well as lobbying the government to change the Medicare system to include ED sufferers.
Established with the sole intent of exploring opportunities to make a real difference by investing much needed time, expertise and funds into grass-root initiatives, the Mosaic Foundation has been a proud supporter of endED for over two years.
Most recently, the Foundation contributed $10,000 to the Butterfly House project in lieu of corporate Christmas gifts.
Kathryn Monahan, Co-Founder of Mosaic Foundation, said it is gratifying to see endED’s vision becoming a reality.
“We are so proud to be able to support Mark and Gayle in realising their goal of delivering this landmark specialist facility.”
“Having followed the project from the start, to be able to see it become a reality and knowing that we have helped in some way is a real reward. It is particularly rare for a charity to successfully navigate the system and achieve such a lofty goal – I commend Mark and Gayle for their unwavering commitment and vision,” said Mrs Monahan.
Mr Forbes said it was humbling to see how Butterfly House, true community project, has brought the Sunshine Coast together.
“Butterfly House is built on local philanthropic support, on the support of the Federal Government, and the Sunshine Coast Council. We wouldn’t have got this project off the ground without all the wonderful local companies who offered their support.”
Inspired by endED Butterfly House’s example, the Federal Government is now investing another $64 million to set up a specialist residential treatment facility for eating disorders in every State in Australia. Soon, sufferers all over the country will benefit from endED and Butterfly’s vision.
Butterfly House is expected to open towards the end of 2020.
If you, or someone you know, sufferers from, or cares for, a person with an eating disorder, or you’d like to offer your support through a donation, then you can contact endED at https://www.ended.org.au/or the Butterfly Foundation at https://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/.
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