Our vision for communities and volunteering
We're working towards a world where diabetes does no harm. To achieve this, we need a strong and passionate group of volunteers and community partners. The knowledge, skills, and experiences they bring are essential to help us reach and support as many people as possible.
In 2025, alongside volunteers and staff, we developed a vision for communities and volunteering. With an engaged network of volunteers and partners, we'll focus on the following areas:
- Supporting those newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, giving them the solid foundations they need to live with diabetes.
- Making sure everyone with diabetes gets the care and support that they need to reduce the inequity in health care, especially those from Black African, Black Caribbean, South Asian backgrounds, and those experiencing deprivation.
- Ending the stigma associated with diabetes, which has a long-term negative impact on people's health and wellbeing.
- Significantly reducing the number of people at high risk who go on to develop type 2 diabetes.
- Increasing our income so that we’re able to create a world where diabetes can do no harm together
We’ll support our volunteers and community partners by listening, offering flexible ways to get involved, providing simple training and resources and sharing the impact you make.
You can read our full vision for communities and volunteering here (PDF, 9224KB).
We'd love for you to join us as a volunteer, and you can find out more about how to get involved.
"If you feel inspired to volunteer....put your intention into action and just go for it!"
Peter Jackson, Events Volunteer
