Become a Supporting Member of Diabetes UK
The largest UK charity making a difference to people with diabetes.
Why join us? Because it's one of the best ways to make a real difference to the lives of everyone living with diabetes, through an annual or monthly donation. Most importantly, your invaluable support will help Diabetes UK to grow, to move forward, and to force breakthroughs and advances in the search for better treatments and a world without diabetes.
Becoming a Supporting Member makes you an important part of the UK's largest diabetes charity, with over 300,000 supporters, supporting people with this serious condition.
As well as receiving the benefits of Supporting Membership such as our lifestyle magazine Balance every two months, and an exclusive Supporting Members' area on our website, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you've joined a powerful force for change, helping to make sure people get the best care and the latest treatments.
Life Benefactors receive all the benefits of Supporting Membership, plus exclusive extras - find out more about becoming a Life Benefactor here.
One team working together
As a Supporting Member, you not only help to fund our work, but also provide a focus for our efforts. Your experiences and opinions give direction to our researchers and help us to tailor our services, making sure they match the needs of people with diabetes and improve lives. Now Supporting Membership offers you more than ever before.
Supporting Members' area
The Supporting Members' area of the Diabetes UK website is an online community that you can personalise and where you, as a Supporting Member, can share stories and photos, read blogs, comment on our work, read about the latest research news and much more.
This exciting personalised area is available to all Supporting Members, helping you to manage your support online. This includes changing personal details and renewing your membership online, bookmarking webpages of healthcare information, and opting into a choice of publications such as 'Research matters' and local newsletters.
Here are the features of your Supporting Members' area:
- Enjoy exclusive recipes.
- Share your photos, stories and videos.
- Become a Diabetes UK blogger.
- Join our discussion forums and help us make the right decisions.
- Organise your activities with our events calendar - and share your own events.
- Read articles from the latest edition of Balance and extra Balance readers' letters.
- Read the Balance Editor's monthly blog.
- Follow our Supporting Member's blog.
- Read the latest research news.
Find out more
For more information on Supporting Membership, or if you have any questions about these new developments, please contact our Supporter Services team:
Email supporterservices@diabetes.org.uk
Telephone 0845 123 2399 (during office hours).
Membership for healthcare professionals
Recognising the crucial role played by healthcare professionals and researchers we continue to provide professional membership, giving information, guidance and networking opportunities.