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DIABETES WEEK: Being a diabetes dietitian during Covid-19: Naomi’s story

Diabetes dietitian Naomi Dindol talks about how the pandemic has affected her, her team, her work with patients and what she’s looking forward to.  
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DIABETES WEEK: Phylex's story: My mum's diabetes taught me importance of eating well

Seeing his mum struggle to manage her type 2 diabetes pushed Phylex to warn others about the risks of developing it. Now a Diabetes UK Community Champion, he educates fellow bus drivers on t...
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DIABETES WEEK: Being diagnosed with type 2 during Coronavirus and putting diabetes in remission: Sean's story

Sean shares his experience of being diagnosed with type 2 during the Covid-19 pandemic and how re-educating himself about food has enabled him to achieve remission.
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George's story - giving something back

George was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes four years ago when he was 22. He began volunteering for us about a year and a half later.   “It took me a long time to process everything. I was give...
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Lizzie's story - leading an online peer support group

Lizzie has been volunteering with Diabetes UK for more than five years now, and has always enjoyed sharing her experience of living with type 1 diabetes with others. She was diagnosed 1...
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Fiona's story - Volunteering at type 1 events and Tayside family group

Fiona has been a volunteer for Diabetes UK since 2012. She was first diagnosed in 2000 with type 1 and she didn’t know many people with diabetes until she joined us as a volunteer in 2012. As a teenag...
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Clare's story: Volunteering at the Grants Advisory Panel

Clare Dowling is a member of the Grants Advisory Panel. This is a group of people living with diabetes, and family members or carers of a person living with diabetes who review funding applications to...
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Frankie's story - helping bring people together with peer support

We spoke with Frankie Blake, Peer Support Facilitator at North Devon for Volunteer's Week 2021, along with Gemma Jackson, Volunteering and Outreach Manager in the South West. Frankie ru...
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Tom's story - volunteering as a befriender

Tom Rush is one of our longest standing volunteers and very much a valued member of the diabetes UK charity in Northern Ireland. Tom's most recent role as a volunteer throughout the last year has been...
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Volunteer Spotlight - May 2021

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