Have you, or someone you know, just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes? It’s an overwhelming and scary time. But there might also be a unique opportunity. In the first 100 days after your diagnosis, you could be eligible to take part in a clinical trial testing a new type of treatment, called an immunotherapy.…

Volunteers’ Week runs from 1 – 7 June every year, and once again we’re well into the swing of celebrating the work that volunteers do here at Diabetes UK. It’s easy to talk about the huge difference volunteers make to our cause because the list is endless and wide ranging. Words like ‘amazing’, ‘incredible’, ‘wonderful’ and…

June 1-7 is Volunteers’ Week – a national celebration of the work that volunteers do for organisations across the country, and here at Diabetes UK we’re incredibly fortunate to have thousands of passionate people who donate their time to help us accomplish so much. Since becoming Head of Volunteering, I’ve really been struck by how…

It’s been great to see so many blogs reinforcing how good it is to talk about our diabetes and the positive impact that can have on our lives.  I wanted to focus on a bit of a variation on that theme this month and look at how we talk about helping others. On Saturday…