Diabetes Leadership Community

Upcoming events

Spotlight session: How can community involvement in health interventions better address inequalities in health and nutrition?

Join nutrition academics Dr Tanefa Apekey and Dr Sally Moore, as they share how they co-designed culturally appropriate resources guiding healthy eating and food choice for with the African Caribbean community in Leeds.

Date: Monday 29th April, 18:30 - 20:00 (Zoom).

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Leadership development session: Managing Conflict

In this workshop you will learn more about how to lead when faced with conflict and/or tension, and build your skills for recognising emerging conflict, and speaking candidly to deal with it.

Date: Thursday 30th May, 12:00 - 14:00 (Zoom).

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Get involved

The community is here for you and your team, with members able to access a range of support and ways to get involved including:

Learning spotlights: Get inspired by others working in the diabetes space, exchange ideas for good practice and form collaborations to tackle key challenges. Proud of a project your involved in or got a resource that could benefit others -hold your own session and share it with the community

Leadership Development- No matter if you're just starting out, or you're already well into your leadership journey, the DLC offers a range sessions and courses to help you develop the practical and personal capacity needed to be an effective systems leader

Coaching- We offer one to one coaching so healthcare professionals can better face tackle of the challenges of the NHS, resourced and supported in their personal and professional growth

Team Development - Could your team be working together more effectively? We can work with you using a range of different methods to create a group where people collaborate to create the highest impact work possible

Networking and Connection events- Join others at in person events who care about improving diabetes care in your region

If any of these opportunities interest you, we encourage you to become a member.

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About the DLC 

The Diabetes Leadership Community (DLC) connects people from all across the system to provide the knowledge, support and inspiration required to make change happen. The DLC enables this by creating a space where members can: 

• Collaborate with other passionate individuals across the health system
• Share insights for improvement and good practice
• Take ideas and work on how to integrate ideas and good practice into their own unique contexts
• Get support to develop more effective and energised teams
• Develop the system leadership skills needed to drive improvement. 

The community strives to create the conditions in which ideas can grow, flourish and spread beyond their initial boundaries for the benefit of people living with and at risk of diabetes. 

Community Contract 

What the community expects of members 

Members get more from a community they engage in and to enable everyone's full participation, we ask that you embrace the following values:

• Be willing and open to sharing ideas, knowledge, experience and feedback
• Prioritise the needs of people living with diabetes, especially those who are most disadvantaged
• Invite diverse perspectives and listen actively. Challenge and debate are encouraged as long as this is done respectfully and participants enter with a willingness to see things differently
• Share learning outside of the community in the spirit of generosity so that together we can achieve spread and scale for the best ideas and practice 
• Commit to your own learning and development by trying new things and being open to new ways of working. 
• In the service of fellow community members, be present and engaged when committing to a session or activity.  

Resources

Two case studies that demonstrate what a difference a systems change approach can make.

• South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (PDF, 384 KB)
• University Hospital Southampton (PDF, 374 KB)

Some sessions will be capped and will be a first come first serve basis.

For more information about any aspect  of the leadership community please email leadershipcommunity@diabetes.org.uk

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