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Diabetes Group IOW Annual General Meeting 2025
Annual General Meeting 2025 All welcome.
Mission Statement .
To encourage people with all types of diabetes to enhance their enjoyment of life.
Our aims.
Provide support and information to people with diabetes, be a platform for discussion and raising awareness of diabetes on the Island. Campaign for excellence in the care of people with diabetes and to provide a voice for them to be heard.
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Our Sandown Drop In/Support Group is on Monday 2 June from 1-3pm at Sandown Library. ![]()
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☕🫖☕Come and join us for a cuppa and a chat ☕🫖☕![]()
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All welcome.
Have I mentioned we have a support group for people living with diabetes in many towns across the Island? Wednesday 28 of May at 10am-12noon it's the turn of Gurnard at All Saints Church Hall (around the back of the church) on Tuttons Hill (opposite the Portland Inn). It's a great group and we have fun and also sometimes talk about diabetes 🙂![]()
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It's a great opportunity to chat with other people with the same condition over a cuppa ☕☕☕☕
Diabetes Group IOW is starting a new support group for people living with diabetes (any type). The group is for Bembridge and St Helens or anyone living near these towns and will initially be at the Cloisters on the third Monday of every month starting on Monday 16 June 1pm to 3pm. Come along and have a cuppa and a natter, we can all support each other.![]()
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We provide tea/coffee/water and have a good chat. We don't tell you what to do such as 'don't eat banana's' or stuff like that. We don't judge anyone. We all live with diabetes too.
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week is a campaign from NHS England and Diabetes UK that takes place in the last week of May this year. ![]()
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The campaign aims to raise awareness of the risk of type 2 diabetes and how to avoid it. ![]()
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It will encourage the public to check their risk via the Diabetes UK Know Your Risk tool.![]()
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If someone is at moderate to high risk, the tool will advise them to contact their GP practice for a blood test. ![]()
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If their blood sugar levels show they’re at risk of developing type 2 diabetes (called pre-diabetes or nondiabetic hyperglycaemia), then they may be eligible for referral to their local Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme – an evidence-based lifestyle change programme which helps people at risk of type 2 diabetes to reduce their risk through managing their weight, eating more healthily and being more physically active.![]()
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For those with a history of or current Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) you can self-refer.
Starting in June a new venue for a Bembridge and St Helens area support group/drop in for anyone living with or affected by diabetes including friends or family.![]()
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Come along and have a cuppa and a chat ☕🫖☕![]()
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The first group will be on Monday 16 June from 1-3pm then every third Monday of each month. ![]()
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**PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT START UNTIL JUNE**![]()
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This will be held at The Cloisters, 36 High Street, Bembridge, PO35 5SE![]()
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I look forward to meeting you there.