Although I live in a city and can walk to the centre in less than 15 minutes, until very very recently, my broadband has run at the speed of a tortoise doing its best impression of a snail. The problem was a lack of fibre available on my street. As someone who works in IT and…

Over the past 18 months, we’ve been searching for the top research priorities for Type 2 diabetes. Scientists and research funders usually make decisions around what research to carry out, but we want to change that. So we asked people living with Type 2 diabetes, their carers and healthcare professionals to tell us what questions…

I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 8 in 1999 following all the usual symptoms of weight loss, thirst and generally feeling a bit off colour for no good reason at all! I remember thinking to myself upon hearing the news “Am I going to die?” They quickly ruled that out,…

My name is Pauline and I’m a fundraiser working in the Individual Giving Team here at Diabetes UK. I’ve been with Diabetes UK for just over three years now. It’s been great as there are many other people working here living with type one so we’re able to chat about the condition. Also the members…

When I heard the torrential rain in the night I wondered what I had let myself in for. But by the time the alarm went off at 4am (!) the roads were still wet but fortunately the rain had all but stopped. After struggling to find my ride buddy David Smith (pictured left, I’m right)…

Last week I found out about a new diabetes research study from Denmark, which found that moderate drinking was associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes than not drinking at all. Well, of course the papers loved it. Especially as it went live on a Friday. Millions of people across the UK finishing a…