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Volunteer Spotlight – May 2025 – Vicky Greenbank

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'I feel privileged to be part of a large Diabetes UK family''

"We want to turn our experience into a positive event"

Mum Sara tells how a Diabetes UK Type 1 event made a world of difference to her daughter Lilly's life and helped the family turn the condition into a positive experience.

Oliver and Type 1 diabetes

Oliver and his mum Sue would like to share the video they made about Oliver's diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes doesn’t make a person - it’s just something that happens to come with them

Lois told her boyfriend Nick all about her Type 1 diabetes from the start, meaning he knew just what to do when she had a huge hypo a few dates in.

Time for a second life

When Heather was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 54, she resolved to see more of the world – and 'get on with things'.

'I've done sponsored walks dressed in a two piece bikini and had my chest waxed.'

“Things have mostly got better…”

Chris Magee looks back on 30 years of Type 1 diabetes and considers how things have changed.“This year, 2016, marks 30 years since I became a Type 1 diabetic.

The unexpected ending and the overwhelming beginning...

Blogger Natalie Welshwas diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in May this year.

The most important learning is hope

“Type One? Really? But isn’t that what you’re born with?” is the response I get when I tell people I was diagnosed with the condition, aged 38 years old.

The DAFNE course absolutely blew me away

"I was diagnosed with Type 1 in August 2002 at the age of 16, after visiting my GP complaining of being tired weight loss all the usual (at the t

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