Tips for 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.

Download our templates

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

If you need a programme template then please contact your local volunteering team.

Newsletter template

• Newsletter template (Word, 90.6KB) 

 Posters

• A4 event poster (PDF, 330KB)
• A4 in-aid event poster (PDF, 377KB)

Create a local group website 

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 to your local volunteering team. 

• Local Group website user guide (PDF, 798 KB)

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

Order Diabetes UK merchandise and promotional materials

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

• Visit the Diabetes UK online shop

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

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

  Download our form to order our 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, 73KB)

         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.