Great to have these UK NGOs !

New MyLife website We've launched a new website for young adults with diabetes. It's packed with helpful information about moving away from home, studying, working, travelling and more. It's been
designed to help you manage your diabetes and take control of your life.

Do you have a story to tell? Tell us your story and we'll enter you into a prize draw to win one of 5 copies of 'Type 1 Diabetes: Answers at your finger tips' by Dr Charles Fox and Dr Anne Kilvert.
Sharing your experiences of living with diabetes can help you and others cope with different situations and emotions and reassure you that you are not alone. Your story can be any aspect of your life
and dealing with diabetes, from being diagnosed to travelling to having a baby. How has your life changed? How have you coped?
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/MyLife-YoungAdults/Help-and-support/Social-networking/Competition/ Entrants must be 18 - 30yrs old and the closing date is 31 August 2008 so get writing today!

Diabetes UK has a new president! Diabetes UK is delighted to announce today, on World Diabetes Day, that Richard Lane OBE has been elected as the charity?s new President. Richard, 65, who has Type 1
diabetes, was one of the first people in the UK to receive islet cell transplants in 2005. The surgery came after a long history of diabetes-related complications, including comas and severe
hypoglycaemic episodes (hypos). The transplants transformed Richard?s life and he has not had a serious hypo since his first operation. Richard, who formerly held the position of Vice President at
Diabetes UK, has been a great advocate for the charity. He has spent much of his free time travelling the country undertaking public speaking at local community meetings and conferences to raise
awareness of the condition and the work of Diabetes UK.