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Helen
Helen's daughter is living with type 1 diabetes.
Swim22 has, without question, been life changing for me.
Helen wanted to take part in one of our events to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes, so she took on Swim22 – swimming the length of the channel (22 miles) in 12 weeks. Here, Helen takes us through her journey and reasons for taking part.