Your Stories

Clare Dowling is a member of the Grants Advisory Panel.

We spoke with Frankie Blake, Peer Support Facilitator at North Devon for Volunteer's Week 2021, along with Gemma Jackson, Volunteering and Outreach Manager in the South West.

Tom Rush is one of our longest standing volunteers and very much a valued member of the diabetes UK charity in Northern Ireland.

After getting diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 50, Brian struggled to come to terms with how his life had changed.

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2021, Dawn Morgan It

"When it comes to building activity into your daily routine, take it step by step and be patient with yourself.

Brenda has type 1 diabetes. She joined a trial of the Janssen coronavirus vaccine last year, before the two main vaccines were launched in the UK.

In her story, Zena remembers her son, George, who passed away at the age of 18.

In her story, Jan shares how the One Million Step Challenge brought her closer to her husband and helped her to put her type 2 diabetes into remission.