Useful links
A list of online resources full of useful information for people living with diabetes, parents of children with diabetes, their families and friends, healthcare professionals and researchers.
Please note that although we have endeavoured to check sites before linking to them, JDRF does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content of external websites.
Diabetes sites
NHS Choices – you can read more about type 1 diabetes – www.nhs.uk
T1 Resources – find support and information to help you manage type 1 diabetes – www.t1resources.uk
Bertieonline – type 1 diabetes education programme – www.bertieonline.org.uk
Are you in the UK and have forgotten any type 1 kit? The HELP! We forgot T1Kit! UK Facebook community may be able to help.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – Focus on diabetes – www.nihr.ac.uk/nihr-in-your-area/diabetes/
Dr Foster – Health Service Finder – www.drfoster.co.uk/public.asp
Children with Diabetes – www.childrenwithdiabetes.com Please note that this is a US website but you can join the UK mailing list through it and access UK Facebook groups.
Runsweet.com – Diabetes and Sport – www.runsweet.com
BBC – www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/21704103
Diabetes Stories – www.diabetes-stories.co.uk
Supporting children with diabetes – www.scd.uk.com
Digibete – Video resources to help people and families manage type 1 diabetes – http://www.digibete.org/
Regional diabetes sites
The Tayside Diabetes Network – www.diabetes-healthnet.ac.uk
Diabetes in Scotland – www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk
Leicester Diabetes – www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk
Stephanie Marks Diabetes Resource Centre at St Peter’s Hospital – www.asph-diabetes.org.uk
For adults
Bright Spots & Landmines: A revolutionary new diabetes book with hundreds of food, mindset, exercise and sleep tips. Download it for FREE at https://info.diatribe.org/brightspotsmmol-l/
Sugar Surfing: A book about managing type 1 in a modern world – www.wisepress.com/sugarsurfing
Carbs and Cals – Books and an app for diabetes and weight loss – www.carbsandcals.com
Think Like a Pancreas: A practical guide to managing diabetes with insulin – www.integrateddiabetes.com/books
For children and young people
Youth Health Talk – www.youthhealthtalk.org
Lilly and Disney: Coco Goes Back to School and Coco’s First SleepoverLilly and Disney have expanded their collection of type 1 diabetes resources with the Spanish publications of Coco Goes Back to School (Coco Vuelve a la Escuela) and Coco’s First Sleepover (La Primera Pijamada de Coco).
Both books include information about type 1 diabetes and seek to engage readers by sharing the experiences that children face after diagnosis. – https://www.t1everydaymagic.com/lilly-and-disneys-type-1-diabetes-bookshelf/
The Youth Empowerment Skills (YES) programme – delivered by the diabetes department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital – combines social activities organised by trained youth workers with a three-day interactive workshop to help teenagers become more confident with their type 1 diabetes. Access the YES programme
For health professionals
British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes – www.bsped.org.uk
Diabetes Bible – www.diabetesbible.com
Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes – www.fend.org
NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme – www.gov.uk/topic/population-screening-programmes/diabetic-eye
Nursing Standard – www.nursing-standard.co.uk
Other research funders and institutions
Cambridge University – www-gene.cimr.cam.ac.uk/todd
Kings College London – www.kcl.ac.uk
Medical Research Council – www.mrc.ac.uk
Wellcome Trust – www.wellcome.ac.uk
Other organisations
Association of Medical Research Charities – www.amrc.org.uk
Coeliac UK – www.coeliac.org.uk
DAFNE – www.dafne.uk.com
Department of Health – www.dh.gov.uk
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation – www.drwf.org.uk
Diabetes UK – www.diabetes.org.uk
Diabetics With Eating Disorders – www.dwed.org.uk
If you need specific advice on type 1 diabetes care in schools you can contact Diabetes UK’s Care in Schools helpline, find out more on their webpage: www.diabetes.org.uk/care-in-school
HEART UK – www.heartuk.org.uk
INPUT – www.inputdiabetes.org.uk
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust – www.iddtinternational.org
If you have any unused or unwanted insulin – you can donate them to developing countries via IDDT: www.iddt.org/here-to-help/helping-developing-countries
Insulin Pumpers – www.insulin-pumpers.org.uk
ipSOX – insulin pump accessories – http://www.ipsox.co.uk
Macular Disease Society – www.maculardisease.org
Medic Alert – www.medicalert.org.uk
My Ageing Parent – www.myageingparent.com
Novo Nordisk – Changing Diabetes – www.changingdiabetes.co.uk
National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines for the treatment of type 1 diabetes – www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes-and-other-endocrinal–nutritional-and-metabolic-conditions/diabetes
Society for Endocrinology – www.endocrinology.org
The British Dietetic Association – www.bda.uk.com
Association of British Clinical Diabetologists – https://abcd.care/