Earlier this year, I joined the Big Conversation where we had the opportunity to discuss what we wanted for the future of diabetes. I was one of over 9,000 people involved in this conversation which provided a lot of information for Diabetes UK to consume, analyse and make sense of. And, only a few months later,…

‘Driven to know more’ and ‘putting people first’ are two values we hold dear at Diabetes UK, and both have been at the heart of the biggest and deepest listening exercise we’ve ever done to learn about what matters most to people living with, or close, to diabetes. In what we’ve dubbed our ‘big diabetes conversation’,…

I very consciously avoid being defined by diabetes. There is little in my life that is done because of diabetes apart from what I do to stay alive. As a consequence I don’t spend much time with other people with diabetes. I’m not comfortable with the idea of a support group who I meet up with…

Over the next few months we’re running a series of Big Conversation events around the UK, bringing together hundreds of people affected by diabetes to talk about how we can work together to create a world where diabetes can do no harm. The events are part of the Future of Diabetes project, which will hear…