We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in May, and what the findings could mean for people living with or affected by diabetes.

People from Black African, African Caribbean and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi) backgrounds are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes from a younger age. Research has shown that ...

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for July 2022, Nicola Beynon Nicola is the lead volunteer for our Neath Wellbeing Group which she formed last year. Having lived with type 1 diabetes for 36 years, Nico ...

We’re encouraging as many people as possible to find out their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, so they can take action to protect their health.

Freya Haydon resists looking at photographs of herself when she was nine. That was when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and, as she says: “I had no idea what was going on at the time. Looking b ...

The great thing about being a trustee is that you can see you’re making a difference and you can contribute to that difference. You have to put the work in, and you don’t get paid of course, but in ..

Musician Cara, who has had type 1 diabetes since 2007, had to cancel her performances and put her life on hold during the pandemic. Here, she talks about dealing with her fears around coronavirus and ...

Skids is one of our amazing fundraisers who is going to be walking 10 miles in one day as part of My Wellness Walk. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged 46, here he tells us more about how he cope ...

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in March 2012, age 11. It was during my last year of primary school, as I was getting ready to transition to secondary school. My parents noticed tha ...

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. Khadija was born five ...

Emma was diagnosed with with type 1 diabetes in 1998 when she was 6 years old, right after her family moved from Finland to the USA. She started off with insulin injections but received an insuli ...