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Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for October 2022, Amina Chothia Amina lives in Batley in West Yorkshire. She applied to be an Event Volunteer with us in 2018 and has supported numerous events since, h...

Dawn, 52, is a midwife, and married with four grown-up boys. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 22. And started having menopausal symptoms in her early 40s.

Khadija was born five weeks early (hence the name Khadija, which means early baby girl). Her pancreas overproduced insulin, which meant she was having a lot of hypos. At the time the only wa...

Imogen was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old. After struggling with an unhealthy relationship with food during her teen years, she was diagnosed with diabulimia whilst at univer...

After developing pancreatitis in 2013, Milesh was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years later. It was only when he was readmitted to hospital in 2021, with a pseudocyst on his pancreas, that he r...

Oladapo Edward Olaniru, 38, is a Research Associate within the Department of Diabetes at King’s College London. Here he talks about his research and what Black History Month means to him. 

Dave Benson Philips, 57 is a television presenter and entertainer and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few years ago whilst filming a new show. Here he takes us through what Black History Month me...

Vanessa Laber, 29 is our Engaging Communities Officer for the North of England. Here she talks about the important work she does and what Black History Month means to her. 

Phil talks about his family's experience of claiming Disability Living Allowance to cover the cost of extra care for their son Seth, who is now 10. The benefit is not affected by your income or saving...

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for September 2022, Jamie Morrison We are currently running a youth project for young people with type 1 diabetes between the ages of 13-24. The project aims to provide...