Promoting your group

Tips on promoting your group

This section can help you to increase your group members and better promote your fundraising or campaigning events locally. You will find all the information you need below.

Order Diabetes UK merchandise and promotional materials

Take a look below for guidance on ordering Diabetes UK branded merchandise, promotional and current campaign materials.

• Visit the Diabetes UK online shop

  All current Diabetes UK resources and materials are available to order on the online shop

• List of Diabetes UK promotional materials and resources (PDF, 371KB)

  A list of Diabetes UK products that local groups may need and the order process

• Order form: Diabetes UK promotional materials (PDF, 53KB)

  Download our form to order Diabetes UK promotional materials and resources by post

Use local press and social media

The press and social media are powerful tools to help promote your group - locally and nationally. These resources show you how to use Facebook, Twitter and local press to raise awareness about your group.

• How to promote your local group on social media (PDF, 180KB)

  A quick start guide to social media, with tips on using Facebook and Twitter to promote your group

• Working with the press (PDF, 243KB)

  How to engage with the press and local media and getting the most out of the press.

• Press release template for local groups (Word, 109KB)

  Press release template for local group to update the media with their activities.

• Guidance for press photos (PDF, 417KB)

  A document outlining tips when taking photographs for the press.

Use our group website service

A website is a great way to promote local group activities to your members and we are offering you one for free. Take a look at our resources below for local groups who use the Diabetes UK website service.

If your group would like a website through Diabetes UK, talk toyour local volunteering team. 

• Local Group website user guide (PDF, 738KB)

  Guidance for Local Groups who have a website through the Diabetes UK website provider

• Local Group website agreement (PDF, 131KB)

  Agreement for Local Groups who have a website through the Diabetes UK website provider

• Guidance on resizing images (PDF, 154KB)

  Brief guidance on resizing images for upload to your website

Download our templates

Below are programme templates, posters and other materials that you can edit. Use these to promote group events, meetings or activities to people in your area. 

• Poster template 1 (Word, 211KB)

  A template poster to advertise your events and activities.

• Poster template 2 (Word, 420KB)

  Another template poster to advertise your events and activities.

• Top 5 newsletter tips (PDF, 159KB)

  How to ensure your newsletter is engaging and targeted to your audience.

• Programme template for local groups (Word, 20MB)

  A ready-made programme to which you can add your group plans for the year ahead.

• Programme template for family groups (Word, 14MB)

  A programme template that you can use to promote family group activities 

• A5 Leaflet template (Word, 75KB)

  Want to promote a local group event? Here's an A5 leaflet template for you to use.