Family Support Network: Mentoring Program

The Family Support Network provides support to family members who have a loved one living with an eating disorder. The mentors involved in this program are parents, partners, or siblings who have themselves supported a loved one with an eating disorder. Their loved one has now fully recovered. The program involves interaction on a bi-weekly basis between mentor and mentee over a six-month period.

We are currently looking for volunteer mentors who:

- are parents, partners or siblings of a loved one who has struggled with an eating disorder, and who has been recovered for at least 1-2 years

- can commit to communicating biweekly with their mentee, for a period of 6 months

- are resourceful, positive and motivating

- are interested in assisting caregivers in learning about the mental health system and disordered eating*

(* please note: a mandatory training workshop will be organized for volunteer mentors)

We are currently looking for mentees who:

- are parents, partners or siblings of a loved one struggling with an eating disorder

- are looking for support and resources from someone who has been through a similar experience

- are tired of feeling isolated and hopeless in their caregiving capacity

All mentors and mentees must be over the age of 17 to participate in this program.

For more information, or to apply to be a mentor or mentee, please contact us at info@hopewell.ca or call 613-241-3428