Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for March 2022, Alan Myers Alan decided to volunteer as an Events Volunteer with us after his son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He wanted to raise awareness and h ...

Colin told us about how he's managing daily life with type 2 diabetes during lockdown and how he’s using this time to make positive changes  Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2020, Sally ...

Here you'll find the latest updates on our work to support better diabetes care across our region. Volunteering in the North of England We couldn't do our great work without your help. Learn more ...

Mendy's son, Moshe, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017, aged 11 months. Shortly afterwards, Moshe and his family got involved in a research study we funded into the very early ons ...

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 over 30 years ago. I’ve never hidden the fact that I have diabetes and my dad also has type 1 diabetes. I work in a secondary school ...

Hollie from Aberdeenshire shares what it was like being diagnosed as an under 40-year-old and how making changes to her diet and increasing her physical activity has helped her put her diabetes into r ...

Aimee, 22 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes one week before her 13th birthday - and her view of what life as a teenager would be like changed overnight. Diagnosis “My diagnosis pretty much came ...

Kaja was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after her first term at uni. It was a huge shock but the uni, her friends, her mum and brother supported her. Kaja thinks people don't know enough about or talk ...

Lee Burkhill, garden designer and TV presenter, known as the Garden Ninja, shares his experience of living with type 1 diabetes. Starting out in volunteering Phoebe has volunteered with Diabetes UK ...