’Staying well until a cure is found.....’
The Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF) is a registered charity, established in 1998 to raise public awareness to the condition and its associated complications, treatment, avoidance and relief and to provide support to people living with diabetes. Whilst funding diabetes research we aim to ensure that people are ’staying well until a cure is found....’
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Weekly diabetes news pick
Audit shows 60 percent not receiving recommended diabetes care
The latest National Diabetes Audit has shown that sixty per cent of the 1.42 million people with diabetes in England included in the Audit do not receive all the care recommended for their condition.
The fifth national audit, carried out by The NHS Information Centre in 2007/08 and funded and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), also shows people with diabetes are more likely to have complications if they live in certain parts of the country or have a more socially deprived background.
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Get set for World Diabetes Day
Saturday 14th November 2009
World Diabetes Day will take place again on Saturday 14 November this year and aims to raise awareness to the serious impact of diabetes and how to, where possible, avoid or delay the condition and its complications.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has announced that the theme this year will be ‘Understand diabetes and take control’. Phil Riley, IDF’s World Diabetes Day Campaign Manager says, ‘Many people fail to acknowledge the serious threat that diabetes poses to individuals, families and communities’.
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Hold a fundrasing event for DRWF
Many people call DRWF and offer to fundraise by means of sponsored events, coffee mornings and raffles etc. In order to help our supporters as best we can, we have put together a 'Fundraising Activity Pack' with some helpful suggestions and consider
ations to make, when planning an event of any kind.
We want your event to be as fun, successful and most importantly, as safe as possible. If you need our help at any time just give us a call on 02392 636138.
We can also tell you how to set up your own fundraising page online for DRWF.
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DRWF's hold largest Diabetes Wellnes
s Day yet
DRWF have just held their largest Diabetes Wellness Day to date in collaboration with the Royal South Hants Hospital and the Hampshire Partnership and NHS Southampton City.
The Southampton Wellness Day, which took many months of planning with the specialist diabetes teams from the Hampshire NHS and Southampton Primary Care Trust, took place at the Southampton Novotel on Saturday June 13th.
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