You’re Invited!
In recognition of the amazing decision you’ve kindly made to include a gift to Diabetes UK in your Will, we’d like to host you at our upcoming, invitation-only virtual Lasting Legacy Celebration, this October.
Established in 2023, Lasting Legacy Celebration is a very special event in our diary and our opportunity to thank you personally for your wonderful gift, as well as show you some of the incredible work that gifts like yours are helping to make possible. You can also get a glimpse into the future for people with diabetes.
Please join us to find out more how your legacy is giving hope for a world without diabetes.
Lasting Legacy Celebration
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 6pm - 7:30pm
On the evening, you’ll meet some of the faces behind our life-changing research and support that you’re helping to drive forward, thanks, in large part, to gifts in Wills.
You'll hear from our very own CEO and host, Colette Marshall, as she shares some of the exciting progress we've made, our strategy, and future plans - and what this means for people living with and affected by diabetes.
Speakers include:
- Professor Colin Dayan, Cardiff University, Diabetes UK Researcher
Latest update from Diabetes UK funded research into immunotherapies. He’ll explain how immunotherapies retrain the immune system to inhibit the type 1 immune attack, which could help delay, prevent, or even cure type 1, and tell us about the different immunotherapies we’re testing right now. -
Francesca Rattee, Helpline Team Leader, Diabetes UK
Francesca will share her experience on the Helpline and how gifts like yours are helping to fund this crucial service for people affected by all types of diabetes who are struggling to get the help they need.
Special guest speakers:
- Tracy, Diabetes Research Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) volunteer
Explaining involvement in Diabetes UK-funded research that will track, monitor and support everyone in the UK who has type 1 autoantibodies, and offer people in the early stages of type 1 access to immunotherapy treatments designed to slow its full development.
- Charles and Nic, Diabetes UK supporters and friends
Sharing their experiences of living with type 1 diabetes, the impact on the whole family and why their mum, Penny, decided to leave a gift in her Will to Diabetes UK.
It’s always a friendly, moving and inspiring evening – and a wonderful opportunity for you to come together with a dynamic group of supporters intent on transforming lives.
To register for this event, use the link below to tell us your name, email address and supporter number, if you have one. Before the event takes place, we will send you an email with instructions on how to join.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about this event, please get in touch with the Gifts in Wills team by emailing giftsinwills@diabetes.org.uk or calling 020 7424 1853.
