Families Living with Diabetes was
established in 1994 by the Paediatric Diabetes Nurse at South Cleveland
Hospital (now "The James Cook University Hospital") and some parents of
children with diabetes. It is a support group for families with
children with diabetes and
covers an area stretching from Billingham in the North to Guisborough
in the South, Yarm in the West to Redcar in the East. The group has
been part of Diabetes UK since 2000 and works to the policies and
guidelines contained in the Voluntary Groups handbook.
It is the groups aim to bring together families
who have children with diabetes, in an informal and friendly
environment. Activities are organised throughout the year, enabling
children to mix and interact in an environment which hopefully helps to
stimulate a greater understanding of diabetes, its symptoms and
Control.
Committee members are pictured below, alongside
guests from organisations that had funded our laptop and stationary
purchases. 
Serving the Cleveland area, membership is free
and available to any family that has a child under eighteen years of
age with diabetes.
It is the intention of the group to fund its own
activities via fund-raising events and appeals for donations.
Links to external websites are provided with the
aim of offering additional relavent information for people with
diabetes, their families and friends. Diabetes UK and "Families living
with Diabetes" are not responsible for the content of external
websites. Any concerns about the content of sites that are linked to
should be brought to the attention of the FLD site webmaster
(webmaster@diabetes-fld.org.uk).
Members details (names, ages, address and
telephone numbers) are stored in a secure computer database and used
for the benefit of the individuals concerned at all times in accordance
with the Data Protection act. No third party will be privvy to these
details without the prior permission of the individuals concerned.
Details provided in emails will only be
retained for the purposes of dealing with that email enquiry (Note.
standard emails are not intrinsically secure whilst in transit, it is
not therefore possible to guarantee that emails remain confidential
whilst in transit).
General Enquiries
enquire@diabetes-fld.org.uk
Committee Contact:
peter@diabetes-fld.org.uk
Webmaster
webmaster@diabetes-fld.org.uk
