South West
There are 170,000 people in the South West with diabetes. We estimate that there are another 80,000 people who have diabetes but don’t know it.
The role of Diabetes UK's regional offices is to influence healthcare provision and improve services for people with diabetes at a local level, together with raising awareness and funds for diabetes and Diabetes UK.
The South West Office opened in 2005. We aim to:
- Raise awareness of diabetes so that people know how to care for their diabetes, know what care to expect and find out how Diabetes UK can support them
- Help give people with diabetes a voice so that they can influence their local services
- Work in partnership with local health services to promote good care and services that meet local needs
- Support local health care professionals with a regional conference
- Support our local voluntary groups
- Support our many individual volunteers who help campaign, fundraise or support people with diabetes
- Fundraise to provide the money for research into the causes and treatment of diabetes