Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
Diabetes Wellness Events
Education Days, supporting people with T1 & T2 diabetes to understand their condition, improve their understanding and self-management skills. Working with healthcare professionals who deliver the educational talks & we provide the opportunity for people to share their experiences. An audience 55+
It ran from 12:00 PM, 29 November 2016 to 12:01 PM, 6 December 2016
Registered Charity in England and Wales (1070607)
Match funded Campaign target
£2,000
Amount raised
£3,050
Donations
39
Location
Campaign overview
Aims
Where's the money going?
Impact & reporting
Please could you send me one of your necklaces and an information pack. Your necklace saved my aunt's life. I have type 2 as does my husband.
— Mrs A Bufton
The ID necklaces are so useful, the Paramedics said it was a great help seeing the necklace and knowing the patient has diabetes.
— Mr J Braeger
Please could you send me one of your necklaces and an information pack. Your necklace saved my aunt's life. I have type 2 as does my husband.
— Mrs A Bufton
The ID necklaces are so useful, the Paramedics said it was a great help seeing the necklace and knowing the patient has diabetes.
— Mr J Braeger
Situation
Reduce associated diabetes complications and enhance quality of life by providing authoritative information and support to people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. By providing ongoing support programmes which are focused on helping people to establish and maintain good self management skills, we look to reduce the increasing financial burden of the cost of treating complications on the NHS, which is currently estimated to be around 80% of the £10 billion annual spend.
Solution
We aim to provide cohesive and holistic support to aim for optimum long term diabetes outcomes. Structured self management programmes are a tried and tested method of improved diabetes healthcare. Only a small proportion are offered them. Our events inspire people to take control of their diabetes management and enable them to maintain a better quality of life. The events are structured, repetitive, needs based and accessible to all. The majority (at least 2/3) of the attendees are aged over 55