See our list of Tackling Inequity Resources, including guides, videos and information on our website, available in multiple languages, to learn more about diabetes.
Our website links:
Our YouTube explainer videos:
You can view and browse our Tackling Inequity videos here on our YouTube playlist, or see below to find videos in different languages.
Spoken in English:
- What is diabetes? [Spoken in English]
- What is type 1 diabetes? [Spoken in English]
- What is type 2 diabetes? [Spoken in English]
- Type 2 diabetes remission [Spoken in English]
- Diabetes UK Share and Learn: Tackling Inequities at Diabetes UK
- Managing patients with diabetes during Ramadan webinar in collaboration with the British Islamic Medical Association
- Ramadan: Preparing and participating if you live with diabetes feat lived experiences
Spoken in different languages:
Spoken in Arabic:
Our Learning Zone videos:
These videos are part of our Learning Zone platform, and have been grouped into playlists.
- Diabetes and Fasting/Ramadan Facts in English, Sylheti & Urdu
- Bangladeshi community: Things You Should Know About Diabetes, Series - Presented By Dr Sayma Ahmed & Lubna Ali [in Sylheti & English]
- Indian community: Things You Should Know About Diabetes, Series - Presented By Dr Ramandeep Kaur & Professor Vinod Patel [in Punjabi & English]
- Pakistani community: Things You Should Know About Diabetes, Series - Presented By Dr Rabia Aftab [in Urdu & English]
- Black African and Caribbean communities: Understanding the Diabetes Basics - By Dr Joan St John
- Black African and Caribbean communities: Eating Well With Diabetes - By Shola Oladipo and Dr Joan St John
- Black African and Caribbean communities: Myth-busting Facts about Diabetes - By Shola Oladipo and Dr Joan St John
- Black African and Caribbean communities: Talking About Diabetes - By Shola Oladipo
Resources in Welsh:
These resources are available in Welsh as free downloadable PDFs.
- Eating Well with Diabetes
- Your Guide to Type 1 Diabetes
- Understanding Your Risk (Booklet)
- Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes – What Next?
Diabetes information in easy read:
Available in multiple languages, this easy read booklet explains the different diabetes health checks, sometimes known as your annual review, how to get them and why it's important. We created this with an easy read agency and people with diabetes.
This easy read booklet explains what diabetes is and how to live well with it, created in partnership with the University of Leeds.
Diabetes information in British Sign Language (BSL):
- Why are diabetes health checks important? (British Sign Language video, Audio)
- Why are diabetes health checks important? (British Sign Language video, Subtitles)
- What is diabetes? (British Sign Language video, Audio)
- What is diabetes? (British Sign Language video, Subtitles)
Diabetes information in Braille:
- We work with the RNIB to create Braille content on request. Please contact our free helpline and let us know what you need.
Our Shop resources:
This booklet is available to download in English, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Bengali (Sylheti), Arabic, Romanian, Chinese (Simplified), Punjabi (India), Urdu (Pakistan).
Printed copies are available to download in English, Polish and Romanian. This guide is also available to download in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian and Urdu.
African, Caribbean and South Asian guides are available to download only in English with Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati text panels.
This guide is available to download in English, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati and Urdu.
This African, Caribbean and South Asian cuisines guide is available to download only.
- Balance: The Budget Guide (download only)
- What do I need to know about diabetes? – Easy Read guide (download only)
- Five Ways to Move More English (download only)
- Five Ways to Move More Punjabi (download only)
- Five Ways to Move More Hindi (download only)
- Five Ways to Move More Urdu (download only)
- Five Ways to Move More Bengali (download only)
- Food Labels made easy
- CPD / Learning Zone Postcard
- Recipe Cards | Free diabetes information
Gestational diabetes information in other languages
If you follow a South Asian diet and need some information and ideas on what to eat during pregnancy, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed two resources tailored to Pakistani diet and Bangladeshi diets.
They have also developed videos and translated materials in Polish, Arabic, Urdu and Bengali to help you if you have gestational diabetes.
The content has been created by healthcare professionals at the hospital and who are responsible for its accuracy. Views within the content are that of the developers. For queries relating to the resources and their content please contact Dr Sadia Nasir (add-tr.wdec@nhs.net). For individual dietary and medical advice please consult your healthcare professional team. Content is current as of date if production.
