Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 over 30 years ago. I’ve never hidden the fact that I have diabetes and my dad also has type 1 diabetes. I work in a secondary school ...

Fiona has been a volunteer for Diabetes UK since 2012. She was first diagnosed in 2000 with type 1 and she didn’t know many people with diabetes until she joined us as a volunteer in 2012. As a teenag ...

Starting out as a volunteer Misbah moved to the UK when she was very young. Whenever she went home to visit her family, she noticed her mum often rushed to eat, but didn’t know why. She now realise ...

Hollie from Aberdeenshire shares what it was like being diagnosed as an under 40-year-old and how making changes to her diet and increasing her physical activity has helped her put her diabetes into r ...

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, ...

When lockdown put an end to face-to-face support groups and life as we know it, Edward signed up to our virtual 10-week Get Moving course. In his story, he shares how the weekly classes helped him dis ...