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Volunteer Spotlight - March 2025 - Sophia Alvi and Syed Kerbalai

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Volunteer Spotlight - December 2023 - Lea Carson

The perfect opportunity  Lea was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12. From her diagnosis, she was passionate about advocating for people living with diabetes and raising awareness, ...

Volunteer Spotlight - November 2023 - Professor Wasim Hanif

Tell us about yourself and your background. I’m a Professor of Diabetes at University Hospitals Birmingham and a consultant physician. I also have other academic appointments. I’m an Honorary Profe...

Connor’s One Million Step Success

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in March 2020, just one week after the schools closed due to Covid, Connor has since been on a mission to raise money for different diabetes charities. A big thank you t...

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Claire’s story: Removing the ‘what ifs’ around my children’s risk of type 1 diabetes

Claire lives in Northern Ireland with her husband Shane and three sons. Claire was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged three and over 25 years later, her son Enda was diagnosed at the same age. Claire...

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Stephen's story: Hybrid closed loop is a game changer for us as parents

Diagnosis The year my son was born, I was diagnosed type 2 diabetes. But as there's type 1 in my family, I requested more tests. It took me 5 years to get a correct diagnosis when I was finally tol...

Volunteer Spotlight - September 2023 - Lee Morgan

Lee works as a Special Effects Makeup Artist. He first got involved with Diabetes UK in 2019 when he used his skills to create a series of images representing depression, exhaustion and isolation, hig...

Lucy's Story: Marathons in memory

Lucy runs marathons in memory of her brother James and has done so for several years in various events, always fundraising for Diabetes UK. She shares memories of James, who was diagnosed with type 1 ...

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