Your Stories

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2021, Dawn Morgan It's been so interesting and rewarding to hear people's story and empower them. Volunteering has been a very positive experience - it...

"When it comes to building activity into your daily routine, take it step by step and be patient with yourself. It will be challenging at the beginning, but you’ll get better and more confident and ...

Brenda has type 1 diabetes. She joined a trial of the Janssen coronavirus vaccine last year, before the two main vaccines were launched in the UK. She talks about what it’s like to be part of a resear...

In her story, Zena remembers her son, George, who passed away at the age of 18. She talks about how he struggled to come to terms with his type 1 diagnosis, and how the One Million Step Challenge help...

In her story, Jan shares how the One Million Step Challenge brought her closer to her husband and helped her to put her type 2 diabetes into remission.

Steve explains how reaching out for support helped him come to terms with his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, and how the One Million Step Challenge empowered him to change his life. 

Mendy's son, Moshe, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017, aged 11 months. Shortly afterwards, Moshe and his family got involved in a research study we funded into the very early ons...

George is a medical student who has been living with type 1 diabetes since his diagnosis four years ago. He shares the challenges of his diagnosis, how he’s raising awareness of diabete...

Having history of type 2 in her family, Deborah wasn’t shocked to find out she was potentially at risk. But knowing how dangerous diabetes can be she decided to join the Diabetes Prevention Programme ...

Abdul helps clear up myths about diabetes as one of our volunteers. He wants to do the same with the vaccine and has posted short videos in Urdu and English on Facebook. Here he shares his story ...