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Volunteer Spotlight – May 2025 – Vicky Greenbank

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Ollie’s Story: Type 1, COVID and sugar-craving dreams

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Pauline's story: getting misdiagnosed and learning to manage type 1 diabetes

Pauline was initially misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which lead to being admitted to hospital with dangerously high blood sugars. Now working at Diabetes UK as a Senior Membership Manager, Pauline...

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Volunteer Spotlight - June 2020

"Volunteering feels natural for me. It’s an opportunity to problem solve and to give back. You learn, you experience and you keep curious." Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for June 2020, Mistura Y...

Ivor's story: getting fit at home and eating well to help prevent diabetes

Ivor isn’t letting the current (COVID-19) health crisis get in the way of his new exercise routine. The AFC Wimbledon Football Club director from Surrey made dramatic changes to his lifestyle followin...

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Managing daily life with type 2 diabetes during coronavirus lockdown: Colin's story

Colin told us about how he's managing daily life with type 2 diabetes during lockdown and how he’s using this time to make positive changes 

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Volunteer Spotlight - Sally Oxlade

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2020, Sally Oxlade Sally sits on our Council of People Living with Diabetes, an advisory group of 30 volunteers with experience of living with diabetes. The g...

Type 1 diabetes and recovered from coronavirus symptoms: Khadija’s story

Khadija Stewart-Brown shares her experience of developing Covid-19 symptoms and her plans for keeping busy during isolation. 

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Martin's story: Type 1 diabetes and the coronavirus outbreak

Martin has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years so is well versed in managing his condition. The current coronavirus outbreak has thrown up some new challenges for Martin day-to-day. Her...

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Sharon's story: serial goal setter takes on Swim22

Sharon decided to take part in Swim22 as she had been thinking a lot about doing something in memory of her father and mother. Now in her forties, one of her fears is developing diabete...

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Volunteer Spotlight - Angie Whitmarsh

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for March 2020, Angie Whitmarsh Angie is the Chair of her local Southampton & District group. She also works with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in her area t...

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