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The announcement is the biggest treatment breakthrough for type 1 diabetes since the discovery of insulin.
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We have extensive experience in delivering successful events, and we’re also looking to work with partners on new and established events such as award ceremonies, balls, Livery company dinners, comedy nights and many more. Your support will help us improve lives.
Our in-house Special Events team will work with you on a bespoke support package depending on the type and size of event. We can offer:
For more information and to discuss your event in more detail please contact our Special Events team at specialevents@jdrf.org.uk
The success of our special events relies heavily on the generosity of people and organisations who donate prizes for our raffles and auctions.
We strive to secure prizes at no cost so we can continue to raise as much money as possible to fund research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes.
If you or your company would like to donate a prize, we’d love to hear from you. In thanks for your support, we would acknowledge the generosity of you or your company at the event.
We’d be delighted to discuss the ways you could help. For more information, please contact our Special Events team at specialevents@jdrf.org.uk
Our special events provide a range of opportunities for your company, from sponsoring an event to advertising in the events brochure.
Sponsorship of our special events provides a platform for your company to increase brand awareness to a wide audience.
Benefits of sponsoring a JDRF event include exposure to high value individuals and corporate peers. There are a number of packages available for each event, or we can work with you to build a bespoke package in line with your organisation’s objectives. Package features can include:
For more information or to arrange a meeting to discuss the opportunities available for your company please get in touch with the Special Events team at specialevents@jdrf.org.uk
The more we raise from our special events, the more we can do to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes.
Last night JDRF teamed up with the Royal Osteoporosis Society to host a charity carol concert at St Paul’s Cathedral. The event featured a lineup of familiar faces, including The Rt. Hon Theresa May MP and Derrick Evans MBE.
JDRF’s first in-person annual Gala Ball since 2019 has raised £125,000 for type 1 diabetes research.
JDRF’s Global Research Ambassador, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, has shared what inspires her to support JDRF with fellow Ambassador Nina Wadia OBE at an event to raise money for the type 1 diabetes charity.
