Diabetes UK Cymru E-Newsletter Issue 1

DIABETES WALES

ELLIE lane

Hello and welcome to your new Diabetes UK Cymru e-newsletter!

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THE BULLETIN

The latest Diabetes UK Cymru latest news Chris Askew OBE has stepped down after eight years as Chief Executive of Diabetes UK

New CEO in place for Diabetes UK

“we are a charity brimming with ambition. Ambition for equality, better care and understanding of diabetes. Ambition for more breakthroughs in treatments and progress towards a cure.

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Join our new Facebook group

Diabetes UK Cymru website makeover!

Gallwch ddod yn gyfaill Diabetes Cymru UK ŵ

ŵ ŵ

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New Quality Statement for Diabetes care arrives in wales

Datganiad Ansawdd Newydd ar gyfer Gofal Diabetes yn cyrraedd Cymru

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Do you Alliance Cymru News from Obesity

Know your Risk?

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REWRITE PETER’S STORY

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Peter’s Legacy

Find out more about our campaign and how you can get involved on our website, diabetes.org.uk/in_yo ur_area/Wales and @diabetesukcymru on social

media.

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Beth Beth and and Ava Ava raise raise awareness awareness of of type type 11 diabetes diabetes in Anglesey schools in Anglesey schools

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Together Type 1 is the new name for Our Lives, Our Choices, Our Voices.

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VOLUNTEERS WEEK 2023

During Volunteer’s Week in Wales, we celebrated all our incredible volunteers who support Diabetes UK Cymru – we couldn’t do our work without your support! We featured some of our most prolific volunteers throughout the week.

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Cwmbach Diabetes UK Group

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Love is love

in NPT!

Live Well Hubs

This year we launched a series of Live Well Hubs in Wales. Our Live Well Hubs are one-stop shops that provide information, advice, and support to help improve the health and well-being of the local community.

In partnership with

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ROYAL

WELSH

SHOW

Frenhinol

Sioe

cymru

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MEET OUR FUNDRAISERS

In the Community

This year we were incredibly grateful to be the chosen Charity of the Year for three organisations, Wales Young Farmers Club, Spire Cardiff Hospital and Cass Haywood LLP. They have all been raising money in lots of fun and exciting ways, find out more about the challenges that have been keeping them busy so far this year below.

Wales Young Farmers Club

Ffermwyr Ifanc Cymru yn ymgymryd â Her Tri Chopa Cymru

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Spire Cardiff Hospital

In the Community

Cass Hayward LLP

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HIKE

for

mike

Michael's parents said, ‘We are over the moon that his colleagues are doing the walk in Snowdonia for Michael, he would have been so proud that he was so well thought of and loved’.

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Michelle takes on Newport Marathon for her Daughter

Rhayader CiW Primary School Sponsored Walk

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Meet Ellie Ellie Lane, 23, from Mumbles in Swansea is on a mission – to share her experience of diagnosis, living with type 1 diabetes as well as the challenges she faces also having Downs Syndrome.

Ellie supports diabetes awareness

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What’s next for Team Ellie?

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