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Volunteer Spotlight - March 2025 - Sophia Alvi and Syed Kerbalai

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Finding out my children's risk of type 1 diabetes: Amanda's story

Amanda’s eldest daughter Isabella was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014. Amanda decided to take part in the Diabetes UK and JDRF funded ELSA study to have her younger children – Kieran, Liam and ...

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Volunteer Spotlight - Dr Carol Homden CBE - November 2022

Meet our November Volunteer Spotlight, Dr Carol Homden CBE To mark Trustees’ Week, we sat down with Dr Carol Homden, Chair of our Board of Trustees, to ask her some questions about her experience. ...

How taking part in the Diabetes Prevention Programme benefited me: Meera's story

Meera was told she was at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in 2020, after her GP carried out some routine blood tests. She decided to join the Diabetes Prevention Programme to not only lower her ris...

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Type 2 diabetes in young people - Shannon's story

Diagnosed in her teens with type 2 diabetes, Shannon spent many years feeling overwhelmed by her condition but signing up to one of our fundraising events, Month of Miles, gave her a new perspect...

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Seeing my daughter in severe DKA and raising awareness of type 1 symptoms: Clare’s story

Sophie's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, after falling seriously ill with DKA, at age 13 came as a total shock to her mum, Clare. Now, Clare talks about the importance of recognising the symptoms of DKA...

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ReTUNE helped put my diabetes into remission: David's story

David Childs, ReTUNE participant and now in remission of type 2 diabetes, shares his journey.

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Volunteer Spotlight - Amina Chothia - October 2022

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for October 2022, Amina Chothia Amina lives in Batley in West Yorkshire. She applied to be an Event Volunteer with us in 2018 and has supported numerous events since, h...

Type 1 diabetes and managing the menopause with HRT: Dawn's story

Dawn, 52, is a midwife, and married with four grown-up boys. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 22. And started having menopausal symptoms in her early 40s.

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Khadija's story: Challenges of living with diabetes from a young age

Khadija was born five weeks early (hence the name Khadija, which means early baby girl). Her pancreas overproduced insulin, which meant she was having a lot of hypos. At the time the only wa...

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Recovering from diabulimia: Imogen's story

Imogen was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old. After struggling with an unhealthy relationship with food during her teen years, she was diagnosed with diabulimia whilst at univer...

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