patient uk . diabetes uk type charity founded 1934 headquarters london offices in glasgow cardiff belfast warrington darlington walsall witham nottingham epsom taunton key people h. g. wells founder members 180 000 website diabetes.org.uk diabetes uk is a british based patient healthcare professional and research charity that describes itself as the leading uk charity that cares for connects with and campaigns on behalf of all people affected by and at risk of diabetes . 1 the charity campaigns for improvements in the care and treatment of people with diabetes . contents 1 history 2 research 3 groups and events 4 publications 5 services 6 see also 7 references 8 further reading 9 external links history edit diabetes uk was founded in 1934 as the diabetic association by the author h. g. wells and dr r. d. lawrence . 2 diabetes uk s first research grant was made in 1936 . 3 the organisation has since had two name changes in 1954 to the british diabetic association and again in june 2000 to diabetes uk . 2 diabetes uk s first voluntary group was set up in 1939 ; 350 groups are now spread out across the uk . there are also local offices across england and national offices in northern ireland scotland and wales . they run conferences for their volunteers and healthcare professionals in the field of diabetes . the charity has been running care holidays since the 1930s for children . family and adult holidays have been introduced since . the holidays aim to provide support and advice in a fun surrounding . 4 in 1993 a counselling line for patients family and friends was launched with recorded diabetes information available 24 hours a day . 5 research edit diabetes uk provides extensive funding for united kingdom based research into the causes and treatment of diabetes and its complications . the charity s first research grant was made in 1936 . 3 the charity provides financial support for project grants funding to purchase laboratory equipment and research training opportunities ranging from phd studentships to research fellowships . 6 in 2011 the charity awarded 1 035 743 to five new research grants and 440 051 to five new phd studentships . 7 groups and events edit the charity run care events for diabetics and their families . 8 they organise children and young people s events for children with diabetes 9 and family events for families who have children with diabetes . 10 diabetes uk also run local support groups throughout the uk . 11 publications edit diabetes uk produces a range of information booklets and various magazines including the magazine balance which is regularly posted to its members formerly the diabetic journal first published in 1935 changing its name to balance in 1961 3 and diabetes update for professionals . it also via blackwell publishing produces the academic journal diabetic medicine . previous issues were published by john wiley and sons volume 1 1984 to volume 17 mid2000 . services edit the charity offers membership for a 2 monthly fee . 12 there are currently over 300 000 supporting members . 12 diabetes uk runs a website that includes information about diabetes for healthcare professionals and people living with the disease and also operates a careline offering support to diabetics and friends and family members with diabetes . 13 diabetes education in uk is an essential part of good blood sugar control and avoiding long term healthcare complications 14 see also edit diabetes juvenile diabetes research fund american diabetes association references edit http www.diabetes.org.uk about us who we are a b diabetes uk our history . diabetes.org.uk . retrieved 10 december 2015 a b c in the beginning j. mace 1994 . balance feb mar 8 14 . give us a break g. hood 1994 . balance feb mar 82 83 . who cares we do . r. french 2004 . balance july aug 47 48 http www.diabetes.org.uk research about our research http www.diabetes.org.uk research current research http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help care events http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help care events children and young peoples events http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help care events family events http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help local support groups a b http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help membership http www.diabetes.org.uk how we help careline http www.diabetes.co.uk education index.html further reading edit article on diabetes uk in the international review of patient care external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diabetes uk & oldid 716588274 categories health charities in the united kingdomorganizations established in 1934diabetes organizations1934 establishments in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 april 2016 at 15 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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