Our resource hub is home to a wealth of articles, stories and videos about managing and living with type 1 diabetes.
Place your order for our free information packs that support adults and children who have been recently diagnosed.
Our researchers are working on different ways to develop a cure for type 1 diabetes - from growing insulin-producing beta cells in labs to hacking the immune system.
Learn about the technologies that can deliver insulin automatically when needed. And discover the next generation of insulins that are currently being developed.
Your donations help support people living with type 1 diabetes today and fund the best treatment and cure research, no matter where in the world it takes place.
You could win a cash prize of up to £25,000 when you play the JDRF lottery. As well as the chance to win great prizes, you'll also help fund our research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.
The announcement is the biggest treatment breakthrough for type 1 diabetes since the discovery of insulin.
Join us on Saturday 21 September 2024 with hundreds of JDRF supporters celebrating One Walk Belfast!
We provide a wealth of information and free resources to help you support and empower your patients or students.
Take our free course for schools to learn more about supporting pupils with type 1 diabetes in educational settings.
JDRF is undergoing a transformation.We are becoming Breakthrough T1D in October.
Will you join us in our mission to discover better treatments, expand access, and work towards a future free from type 1 diabetes? Together, we can make an impact.
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or have been living with type 1 diabetes for some time, find all the information and support you need to manage your condition and connect with others.
Our guides can help provide you with information and support in your journey to living well with type 1 diabetes.
“I remember thinking not just how my life would change, but also I remember thinking ‘I’m going to be a dad, what kind of dad will I be with this diagnosis.”
“The past year has taught me that the type 1 community is incredible because it’s so therapeutic to talk to like-minded people and have intelligent conversations about the condition.”
“My surfing reminds me a lot of my journey with diabetes. I often miss waves and fall off my board, but I never stop paddling.”
“I want to see others benefit from the hybrid closed loop system as it’s as close as you’re going to get to a working pancreas at the moment.”
A study we helped conduct, which has just been published, reveals the most important unanswered questions about type 1 diabetes, based on the priorities of adults in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This will help guide future research to focus on what matters most to people living with the condition.
When given to mice and pigs with type 1 diabetes, a new type of oral insulin developed with JDRF funding detects rising blood glucose and quickly lowers it to a safe level without causing hypos.
New research finds that ustekinumab, a drug commonly used to treat psoriasis, may help children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes keep making insulin for longer.
New international guidance detailing how to monitor and support people with early-stage type 1 diabetes (T1D) has the potential to reduce the trauma associated with being diagnosed with T1D, enable people to access the latest treatments to delay the need for insulin therapy, and reduce long-term health complications.
This World Diabetes Day, we’re inviting you to celebrate by wearing your most joyful, whimsical and downright wonderful outfits.
If you’re only ever going to do one marathon, make sure it’s the TCS London Marathon.
One Walk is back for 2024! Join us for a celebration of the type 1 community and a fun day out for all.
Join us for a celebration of the type 1 community and a fun day out for all.
We fund world-class, international research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes and its complications. Research was the inspiration behind the founding of JDRF over 50 years ago by families living with type 1. Research is the way we will reach a point in time when no-one must take insulin to stay alive.
Over 400 active research studies are being funded by JDRF around the world.
Support resources given to people with type 1 and healthcare professionals in 2023.
JDRF-funded research is currently taking place in 21 countries.
Your donations make a real difference to the lives of everyone living with type 1 diabetes and the people who care for them.
By joining one of our fundraising events or planning your own, you’ll be helping fund type 1 research that’s making headway.
Buy JDRF merchandise including T-shirts, cycling jerseys and pin badges and help support type 1 research.
Build your skills, meet new people and have fun, all while making a real difference.
We provide a wealth of information and free resources to help you support and empower your patients.
Your donations help us fund projects in the most promising areas of type 1 research. Will you donate today and help us keep pushing for a cure?
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