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13.11.2023

NHS programme helped Juliet put her type 2 diabetes into remission

Juliet Herbert, 59, from Birmingham, was encouraged by her children to join the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path ...

09.11.2023

DKA fright for toddler who became 'little warrior'

Aryiana, aged 3, from Peterborough was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was a month shy of her sec...

06.11.2023

Type 1 diabetes in the family drives long-distance runner

Paul Sycamore from Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire has raised almost £3000 for us by taking on the gruell...

22.08.2023

All the way from Australia to support a friend in Diabetes UK walking ...

19.07.2023

Team Archie raises £2350 in Cake Sale

Emma Weston, her Husband Paul Weston and their family from Hertfordshire organized a bake sale event in B...

29.06.2023

Challenging Snowdon trek to raise funds for Diabetes UK

Jeni and Richard Brookes from Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire have organised a trek up Snowdon in Wales...

21.06.2023

Type 2 diabetes: 25-year-old Parul is supporting others in the South A...

Parul Begum from Walsall in the Midlands is 25 and lives with type 2 diabetes. Both her parents had type ...

31.05.2023

Clothes for Young Women with Type 1 Diabetes: Research into Action

Rachael Hughson-Gill, 25 is a PhD researcher at Coventry University whose childhood friend lives with typ...

Image reads: 8% (1 in 12) The number of people living with diabetes in the Midlands area

18.04.2023

Midlands regions hit 743,749 diabetes diagnoses

Our new analysis shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the Midlands region has increased ...

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04.04.2023

Abdul Rais: Over 20 years of dedication to Diabetes UK

Our supporter and Community Champion Abdul Rais talks about his type 2 diabetes, Ramadan, his work raisin...

07.03.2023

Coalville football tournament will run again in 2023 to raise funds fo...

The creator of a football tournament which has raised £1,500 for Diabetes UK has confirmed he will run th...

22.02.2023

Inspirational Story of Skye, a young supporter living with type 1 diab...

Skye, 12, from Norfolk, lives with type 1 diabetes and loves football; she is a goalkeeper for her school...

09.02.2023

Mum with type 1 diabetes takes on long-distance running challenges for...

A primary school teacher from Derby is running the London Marathon to raise diabetes awareness, after doi...

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23.01.2023

Instagrammer walks for type 1 diabetes awareness and community building

Thomas Hickinbottom, 26, lives with type 1 diabetes and started walking in November to raise type 1 diabe...

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12.11.2022

Free pharmacy packs for people living with diabetes in Birmingham and ...

To mark Diabetes Awareness Month 2022, under the theme “Education to Protect Tomorrow”, Diabetes UK Midla...

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02.11.2022

Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference: All the hot topics

The Midlands and East team, supported by the Diabetes UK conference team, are delivering their 11th Diabe...