35 35 Voice of Lived Experience Lived experience of eating disorders and body image concerns lies at the heart of Butterfly’s work as it connects us to our origins and the communities we serve. This past year has seen huge growth in how we draw upon lived experience and embed it across all our work. Lived Experience Engagement Butterfly’s Lived Experience Network, the Butterfly Collective, launched on 31 May and now has a membership of more than 250 people. Butterfly’s first Lived Experience Community Insights Group has been established to help inform our organisation’s strategic priorities and direction. After an extensive search and rigorous application process, the Group now comprises 14 passionate members with diversity in age, background, lived experience and location. Speaker Program Butterfly’s Speaker Program is currently being refreshed and developed with nearly 50 individuals with lived experience in the program, each of whom has been trained on how to share their story safely and effectively. The core goals of the program are to raise awareness, reduce stigma, encourage help seeking and increase donations via a variety of speaking opportunities. There has been a strong focus on diversifying our voices of lived experience to ensure everyone in our community feels represented. This includes more males, people in larger bodies and individuals from the LGBTQIA+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguisticallydiverse communities.