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Volunteer Spotlight – May 2025 – Vicky Greenbank

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Mohammed's Story: Looking after my diabetes during Ramadan

Mohammed shares his experience of looking after his diabetes during the holy month. Mohammed, from Carlisle, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2017. After feeling tired and fatigued - some...

Volunteer Spotlight - Rumit Shah - April 2022

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2022, Rumit Shah Rumit has volunteered with us for an incredible 14 years. He’s held a variety of different volunteer roles during this time, in the offi...

Muhammad's story: How the diabetes community helped me battle burnout

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Volunteer Spotlight - Alan Myers - March 2022

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for March 2022, Alan Myers Alan decided to volunteer as an Events Volunteer with us after his son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He wanted to raise awareness and h...

Jordan's story: Undiagnosed type 2 diabetes after covid nearly cost me my life

After having Covid, Jordan Charles suffered a devastating collapse caused by undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Here, he talks about his road to recovery.

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Denise's story: The One Million Step Challenge has helped me prevent type 2 diabetes

Since finding out her blood sugar levels were borderline for developing type 2 diabetes, Denise has lost six and a half stone. Walking has played a big part in helping her lose weight and keep th...

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Volunteer Spotlight - February 2022 | Diabetes UK

Meet Helen Liebhaber, our Volunteer Spotlight for February 2022 To celebrate Student Volunteering Week, we sat down with our volunteer Helen, who has set up a type 1 support group at Bristol UWE. ...

Christine’s story: 100 years of insulin and 50 years of living with diabetes

Throughout 2022, we’re celebrating 100 years since the first time a human was given insulin to treat their diabetes. We’re reflecting on this life-saving discovery with you, the diabetes community, an...

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Volunteer Spotlight - Friday Peer Support Group - December 2021

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for December 2021, the Friday Lunch Peer Support Group. The Friday Lunch Peer Support Group was set up online last June as a response to our local support groups b...

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