Posted on: 13 June 2022
Celebrating the diabetes community
13 to 19 June 2022 was Diabetes Week with the theme ‘celebrating you’ about celebrating the millions of people across the UK taking diabetes in their stride – and everyone supporting them along the way.
In preparation for the week we joined forces with Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group, Diabetes UK and Reed Wellbeing – one of the providers of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, in Halifax on Friday 10 June.
Our stall was very busy, helped by the sunshine. During the day, we talked to around 100 people about managing diabetes and reducing the risk of type 2. Many took the opportunity to get measured and weighed and assess their risk of type 2 diabetes using the Diabetes UK Know Your Risk tool and were signposted to our animation to find out more about recognising the signs. There were lots of conversations too as well and literature around the support available, yummy healthy recipes and handy tips in abundance about the small changes you can make to boost overall health and wellbeing.
During the week, people across the country, including partnership colleagues, took part in the first ever Big Diabetes Week Dog Walk.
We’ve also been promoting the two online structured education offers in place for adults:
- My Type 1 Diabetes - a free digital resource that offers tailored advice and information created by NHS experts and people living with type 1 diabetes
- Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes - a free online structured education programme designed to help users learn more about type 2 diabetes. Healthy Living has been clinically proven and can help participants live well with type 2 diabetes
See the Diabetes UK webpage for more information. It’s never too late to get involved.