Diabetes Scotland

21/11/2025

Alex, Eilidh and Vedika, our 3 Young leaders, delivered an incredible lived experience talk to 150+ medical students in the University of Glasgow this week!

They covered topics such as:
🌟 Their diagnosis story
🌟 Everyday life
🌟 Experiences of stigma
🌟 Interactions with healthcare

And many more topics that are personal to them, through their lived experience with type 1.

The goal of these lived experience sessions are to highlight that diabetes looks different on everyone and the power that a good healthcare professional can have on a young person with type 1.

Well done to our young leaders! 💙🧡

20/11/2025

💙 Caitlin and Roisin had a ball throughout the October midterm at events with all you lovely young people, and young leaders. The highlights were:

🏎️ Go Karting in Falkirk and Aberdeen.

🎳 Bowling in Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen.

🧗Bouldering + Wellbeing Sessions alongside NHS Staff.

🧡 The Together Type 1 team want to thank all of our volunteers who supported these events, and also the young people for attending and making them so much fun!

🔗 If you’re keen to sign up to our Together Type 1 community, please sign up via the Diabetes UK website: Together Type 1 - join the community today! | Diabetes UK

18/11/2025

💙 The Together Type 1 team are heading to Edinburgh on Friday 5th December.

🍕This meet-up is for young people aged 11-15, living with type 1 diabetes. We have organised an escape room + food for the group and are keen to see you all there!

🧡 Please secure your spot by contacting Caitlin on caitlin.beaton@diabetes.org.uk

14/11/2025

13/11/2025

We hosted a reception last night at the Scottish Parliament to highlight the urgent need for consistent, high-quality diabetes care across Scotland and to challenge the stigma that too often surrounds the condition.

The event brought together clinicians, policymakers, and members of the diabetes community ahead of . We focused on the importance of delivering the nine essential diabetes care processes.
💬 “Every person living with diabetes deserves consistent, compassionate, and high-quality care, no matter where they live. The nine essential care processes are not a luxury; they are the foundation of safe, effective diabetes management. Yet too many people still miss out, and that must change.” Jenn Hall, National Director of Diabetes Scotland.

11/11/2025

There’s not enough research into how menopause and diabetes impact one another. But we’re funding researchers at Ulster University to investigate experiences of perimenopause and menopause in women living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

You can help close the research gap by taking part – they’re also looking for women who have experienced peri- and menopause without diabetes. Taking part involves an online survey. For more information: https://orlo.uk/menopause-research_59GxR

06/11/2025

Scotland's biggest walking event is back in 2026 👟

Whether you're striding solo or rallying a tartan-clad team, Kiltwalk 2026 is your chance to make every mile matter 🙌

We'd love to have you sign up as part of and help support those living with or at risk of diabetes 💙

Find out more 🔗https://orlo.uk/kiltwalk2026_CTWFT

29/10/2025

Did you know people living with diabetes are eligible for a FREE flu vaccine across the UK?

If you have diabetes and get the flu, you are more at risk of being unwell for longer and developing more serious complications like pneumonia. It can also make diabetes harder to manage.

Get in touch with your GP or local community pharmacy to book an appointment. To find out more about diabetes and the flu, including what to do in your region, head to https://orlo.uk/flu-jab_ZbrPU

21/10/2025

💙 The Together Type 1 team are heading to Fife! Roisin and Caitlin have organised some laser tag and food for young people aged 14-17.

🏆This meet up is taking place on Thursday 6th November from 6pm-8pm.

🧡 Please get in touch with the team to secure your space!

09/10/2025

We’d like to say a massive thank you to the Clayton Charity Fund for choosing us as their Charity of the Year for 2025 🙌

There were a number of different events held throughout the year, including a Fun Day, raffles, home baking and much more. They raised an incredible £9,184 💙

We’d especially like to thank Shirley and her team for the amazing support they’ve shown Diabetes Scotland, pictured along with our Community Fundraiser, Richard 📸

30/09/2025

We can confirm, Amy is pulling a CAR! Our amazing fundraiser Amy did a 10km car pull last week to raise money for people living with diabetes 🤯🚘

💬 "I wanted to do something significant that represented the difficulty of living with type 1 diabetes. And what better to represent everything we carry than pulling the weight of a car for 10 kilometers!

"The challenge was extremely hard, but people living with diabetes are strong and can achieve anything we want to. I hope my challenge shows people who are maybe newly diagnosed, or going through a bit of burnout, that we really are powerful people. We can do anything we put our minds to. Type 1 makes us strong and resilient, and just like it says on the T-shirt, 'Diabetes is relentless, but so are we!'"

Well done, Amy! Thanks so much for your support 💙

23/09/2025

Congrats to our Young Leader, Alex, who has done over 100 hours of volunteering with Together Type 1!

Thank you, Alex 💙🧡

We have a fantastic bunch of young leaders in Together Type 1.

If you'd like to be a young leader, please get in touch!