Diabetes UK in Scotland

Diabetes UK Scotland is working to raise awareness, improve care and provide help, support and information for people with diabetes and their families across Scotland. Visit their website HERE

Volunteer Engagement Day

A very successful Diabetes Scotland 2019 Volunteer Engagement Day in Glasgow on 15th June. Followed by the Inspire Awards presentation in the evening. Photo is a coffee break between workshops with David Chaney, Diabetes UK's Director for Local Impact who gave us a presentation on our Strategy, in the centre.

Photo: Ian Sloan

Facing Up to Diabetes Portrait Exhibition 
was on display from 9 February to 4 May 2019 at the Lochgelly Centre

We know that people with diabetes are so used to putting on a brave face that sometimes others don’t realise how serious the condition can be.

To mark our 25th anniversary year, Diabetes Scotland wanted to commission a series of portraits where people with diabetes, or affected by the condition, don’t have to smile as they reflect on the many challenges they face.

Most people in the collection have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Others have neither but are profoundly affected by the condition their loved ones have to manage every day of their lives.

Our aim is to illustrate the sheer variety of people, from all ages and backgrounds, among the 300,000 in Scotland who live with the condition and convey the impact diabetes has on thousands more.

PS. That's me .... third row, second from left!!!

Photography:
Phil Wilkinson www.philwilkinson.net

Diabetes UK is a Scottish Charity