Your Stories

How Type 1 Events have helped us and our family David was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2011 when he was eight.

Joe Towns Joe developed Type 1 diabetes in 2014, aged 37. He is a TV producer for BBC Sport.

Jessica and Alex met volunteering on a camp for children with Type 1. Jessica talks to us about diabetes-inspired wedding speeches, travelling the world and returning to the camp that brought them tog...

Jenni looks back on a tumultuous time with Type 1 diabetes as she marks 25 years of living with the condition.

After 20 years of living with diabetes, Jenni thought she knew everything she needed to know.

Janet is supporting the Putting Feet First Campaign to make sure no one has to share her experience of losing their leg.I was scared what happened to my father was happening to me.

Peter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 28 November 1956. Here he tells his story of about six decades with type 1 – from how the technology and equipment has changed, to what he’s learnt along th...