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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rachel Battley is running the Great Manchester 10k run to support her sister’s family. Her niece and brother-in-law were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within just one month of each other. Sarah ...

Fiona has been a volunteer for Diabetes UK since 2012. She was first diagnosed in 2000 with type 1 and she didn’t know many people with diabetes until she joined us as a volunteer in 2012. As a teenag ...

The perfect opportunity  Lea was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12. From her diagnosis, she was passionate about advocating for people living with diabetes and raising awareness, ...

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