Tweet This month I was given the chance to work with some of Diabetes UK’s volunteers at the Diabetes Scotland Volunteer conference. My workshop was around the theme of “Digital Media”. This was my first volunteer conference and the first time I have been able to run a digital media workshop or training session with…
Tweet 24 years old, on the other side of the world and I’m in for a big surprise. I found myself in Sydney, Australia working for an insurance company 12 hours a day, losing whatever weight I still had like you would never know was possible. My eyes were constantly bagging, I was drinking litre…
Tweet Share Brenda Riley from Sheffield attended a ‘How you can improve diabetes services’ workshop in 2013. Since attending the training she has gone on to start planning her own local campaign and is actively promoting Diabetes Voices to others. Why did you decide to join Diabetes Voices? A friend at the Sheffield monthly meeting…
Tweet Share I’m one week in to my training. A whole four runs have been completed. Four. I’m pretty pleased with myself, I must say. I’m still slow, it still hurts a bit, but I’ve definitely noticed a changed already. The first 2 minute block of running I did last week was the looooooongest 2…
Tweet I’ve been on the Great Britain Cycling team as a full time athlete for 10 years and always feel privileged to be in this position. The last 10 years have really given me different challenges to deal with, and one of these challenges is operating within British sport with diabetes. It is something I…