Member get member

The number of people joining Diabetes Voices is growing day by day, but we need your help to ensure we get even more people signing up over the coming months.

We would like everyone who has joined the network to get one more person to sign up; even better if you can get more than one person to sign up.

You can ask them to sign up by sending them this link: www.diabetes.org.uk/Sign-up-for-Diabetes-Voices or by calling the Diabetes Voices team on 020 7424 1008.

It could be someone you know socially, through a local group, from your diabetes clinic, someone who is already involved with the NHS, or anyone else with an interest in diabetes.

People who sign up can do as much or as little as they feel able to. In return they will get access to information, support and training to help them influence diabetes care. If more people join the network our voice will become more powerful and together we will improve diabetes care.

Below are a few ideas on how you could promote Diabetes Voices to people that you know:

1. If you have an email address, how about emailing a copy of the latest newsletter to your contacts. The newsletter highlights all of the ways Diabetes Voices have been involved and made a difference. Hopefully this will inspire them to want to join. You could also email them the link to the website where they can sign up online.
2. If you know someone without an email address, how about printing a copy of the most recent newsletter for them. Don’t forget to include a sign up form or a strategically placed post it note attached to the newsletter with a note of the website address where they can sign up online.
3. How about asking for a few minutes on the agenda at a group meeting to share information about Diabetes Voices and the ways you have been involved. You could have some sign up forms with you on the day, so that people can sign up there and then or you could sign post them to the website for more information.

If you need any further information or resources to help you, please do not hesitate to contact the Diabetes Voices team at diabetesvoices@diabetes.org.uk or on 020 7424 1008, we would be happy to help.