Your Stories

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for May 2022, David Wills David is the lead volunteer for our online type 1 adults support group, ‘The Funambulists’. The group formed 18 months ago and meets once a mo...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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. ...

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...