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Julie’s story: making a difference with Swim22

Julie, from Cardiff, tells us about her family’s experience with diabetes and how she took on our Swim22 challenge in support of her son and husband who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2023 and...

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Lisa’s story: Navigating an early-stage type 1 diabetes diagnosis

Lisa is a diabetes specialist nurse from Oxford, and lives with type 1 diabetes. Her son, Jack, was found to be in the early stages of developing type 1.In this story, Lisa shares Jack’s experience of...

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Volunteer Spotlight - November 2025 - The Southport and Ormskirk Diabetes Support Group

When Peter noticed a lack of local support for people living with diabetes across Southport and Ormskirk, he decided to act. “There was nothing available offering peer support for people living with d...

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Katie’s story: My early-stage type 1 diabetes blessed me with extra time to prepare and to receive teplizumab

Katie is a solicitor and a mum to two girls, aged eight and two, living in Manchester. After being diagnosed with early-stage type 1 diabetes, Katie received a pioneering immunotherapy treatment, tepl...

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Hannah’s story: I’m hopeful teplizumab will give me extra years free from type 1 diabetes

Hannah Robinson, 36, is a dentist from Devon. She became the first adult in the UK to receive a groundbreaking immunotherapy treatment, teplizumab (Tzield). Hannah was able to access teplizumab throug...

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Joyce’s story: It’s important to challenge common assumptions

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Mya’s story: Stigma is more than just an empty comment – it’s long-lasting

Mya, from Cardiff, is a Young Leader with the Together Type 1 from Diabetes UK. She works part-time and also attends university where she is studying children’s nursing. In her spare time, she is a ta...

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Modupe’s story: Communities have a powerful role to play in tackling stigma

Modupe, a dietitian from Norwich, has much experience of diabetes from both a personal and professional capacity and shares her inspiration and drive to make a difference. 

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