How your donations help When kind people like you to 黑料网 you are helping to ensure no-one must deal with diabetes alone. Your donation helps us make a difference to Australians living with or at risk of diabetes. Your generous donation can provide hope, change, and save lives. Thanks to your generosity, 黑料网 continually works to develop better ways of supporting people living with diabetes. Your gift will help us support people living with diabetes and our mission to work with people living with or at risk of diabetes, health providers, researchers, funders and the community for positive change and outcomes. Our work includes: Searching for better treatments and a cure by funding world-class research Support for children living with all types of diabetes, and their carers Support for adults living with or at risk of diabetes, and their carers Community programs to support people living with diabetes where possible Diabetes education and information for health professionals Advocating to government on policies and issues related to diabetes Some examples of our contributions in these are: Research searching for better treatments and a cure 黑料网 supports and develops outstanding diabetes research to help find better treatments and a possible cure so that future generations can live a life free from diabetes and its complications. Each year 黑料网 Research Program awards grants to a range of research projects focused on studies across the spectrum of diabetes prevention, management and finding a cure. “Your donations are absolutely critical to finding better treatments for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.” 鈥淥ur research can only make progress if funding is provided to help us. My own lab is totally dependent on grant funding. Your donations are absolutely critical to finding better treatments for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. On behalf of all diabetes researchers, I sincerely thank you and assure you that without your continued support, we cannot make the discoveries that will ultimately translate to a better, healthier lifestyle for people with diabetes,鈥� Associate Professor Charmaine Simeonovic, Grant recipient. Current Research Award Project Artificial Pancreas Project – 黑料网 Millennium Award 鈥� Type 1 Diabetes Advanced kidney disease is one of the most debilitating complications for people living with type 1 diabetes, however a new trial hopes to show that an artificial pancreas can significantly improve health outcomes for people living with both conditions. The trial, led by Professor David O鈥橬eal, Senior Endocrinologist at St Vincent鈥檚 Hospital Melbourne, has been awarded the highly sought-after 黑料网 Millennium Award 鈥� Type 1 Diabetes, to help support the project. This prestigious national award comes with $150,000 funding that will assist Professor O鈥橬eal and his team in progressing this vital research being led by St Vincent鈥檚 Hospital Melbourne. Read More (link to Artificial pancreas project scoops national award – 黑料网) Support for Children and their Carers Danielle and Boyd live with their two little girls in a remote mining town. This is where both of their families are, where they went to school, where they met and married. They love where they live and their community. But when Augie, 7, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in October 2019, they felt a long way away from diabetes treatment and worried that Augie would feel she was the only one in the world with diabetes. That鈥檚 where has been able to help. Despite overcoming insulin dosing, carb counting, meters, pumps, continuous glucose monitoring, set changes (when the sensor and cannula must be changed), as well as hypos (dangerously low blood glucose levels) and hypers (very high blood glucose levels), there were more challenges ahead for the young family. In 2020, COVID-19 closed state borders and stopped the family from attending diabetes appointments in the nearest (interstate) big city. There are no diabetes services in their town. 鈥淯nless you鈥檙e an urgent medical case, there were no exemptions to the border closure. There were no exemptions for people with chronic conditions like diabetes,鈥� Danielle said. But Augie is facing a bigger battle than blood glucose levels. She doesn鈥檛 feel the same as everyone else anymore. 鈥淎ugie says things like 鈥業鈥檓 the only different one; I鈥檓 the only weird one鈥�.鈥� Her mother asked her: 鈥淲hat鈥檚 normal?鈥� 鈥淲e鈥檝e all got something that鈥檚 different,鈥� Danielle told her daughter. 鈥淣one of us are exactly the same, we鈥檙e all different. There is no such thing as normal.鈥� 鈥淵ou鈥檙e just extra special.鈥� Danielle cries as she recounts her words. Thanks to the help of our wonderful donors, we started . These events provide opportunities to connect children living with type 1 diabetes, parents and health professionals like Credentialled Diabetes Educators and dietitians. Public Awareness Campaigns to Support People Living with Diabetes Almost 700,000 people living with diabetes experience a mental or emotional health challenge every year. Concerningly, the latest figures show that about 400,000 people living with diabetes report difficulties accessing mental health care. That鈥檚 a lot of people who aren鈥檛 getting the help and support they need. More than 1.1 million Australians report being blamed or shamed for living with diabetes and more than 360,000 say this impacts their ability to live well with the condition. The new data prompted 黑料网 to launch its new 鈥淟et鈥檚 Rethink Diabetes鈥� campaign as part of National Diabetes Week (10-16 July 2022) to highlight the need for change in both community attitudes and the way Australia鈥檚 health system delivers diabetes mental health support. The key areas of action that could significantly improve outcomes for people with diabetes are: Better awareness of diabetes mental health issues like diabetes distress and burnout. Putting mental health support at the centre of diabetes healthcare. Sebastian Harris, 19, whose younger brother was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years before him, says the constant management of his condition can be overwhelming. 鈥淚 sometimes feel that no matter what I do, my diabetes can be extremely hard to control. 鈥淪ome weeks my blood glucose levels can be unreasonably low or unreasonably high and it doesn鈥檛 make any sense, no matter what you do. 鈥淚t makes me question whether I am managing it well. I know in the long run it will be fine but, in that moment, it鈥檚 hard not to feel defeated. 鈥淵ou want to switch off and forget about it, but you can鈥檛 do that with diabetes. There鈥檚 no holiday from it. 鈥淭he consequences if you do try to ignore it can be life-threatening. We need to make sure people are aware of the issues, both physical and mental,鈥� he said. For more information visit Advocacy to Government to support people living with diabetes 黑料网 supports people living with diabetes by advocating at all levels of government for fair access to services, treatments, technologies and draws attention to barriers that people living with diabetes can face in their lives. Our policy and advocacy team works on addressing individual issues and common problems people living with diabetes routinely face. For example, hospital rules that prevent self-care of diabetes which can put people鈥檚 health in grave danger. Recently, 黑料网 was part of the Australia鈥檚 Diabetes Alliance, who successfully advocated for all Australians living with type 1 diabetes to access subsidised continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and Flash glucose monitoring devices following the landmark expansion of the CGM Initiative by the Albanese Government. This expansion of means access to life-changing technology for up to 70,000 people living with type 1 diabetes and their families. This life-changing and life-saving technology will help improve the physical and mental health of people living with type 1 diabetes and ease the burden of cost-of-living pressures. Many people will now pay the equivalent of $32.50 for one month鈥檚 supply, or around $400 a year, instead of the up to $4,000 that some people paid previously. 鈥淎ccess to diabetes technology is also smart policy that invests in the long-term sustainability of our health system by helping to reduce the number of people who develop debilitating and costly diabetes-related complications.鈥�~ 黑料网 Group CEO Justine Cain. Read more Diabetes technology for all people living with type 1 diabetes – 黑料网 and enable 黑料网 to support people living with or at risk of diabetes in even more ways. On behalf of the diabetes community, we say thank you!
