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Dear Forum Members, We strive to ensure our community remains a welcoming, informative, and supportive space for everyone. To maintain these standards, we have a dedicated team of moderators and administrators available to assist with any questions, concerns, or issues you may encounter. Here...

Congratulations to the forum moderators for 2024: @KennyA @Pipp @TheSecretCarbAddict @Grant_Vicat @Nicola M @Melgar @HSSS @Rachox...

Dear all - thank you for voting for our Forum Moderators for 2024. We are collating the results, contacting relevant parties and will share the outcomes shortly!

I have been type 1 diabetic for about 30 years, and carb count confidently. In the vast majority of cases sugar goes up with a meal and comes back to target, but not always. I recently worked out that the times my sugar does not respond as expected are linked with meals which contain a lot of...

Hello, The elections will be going live tomorrow. We have been collecting some final confirmations on prospective moderators. We appreciate your understanding, Admin

Forum moderator nominations 2024 are open! We're pleased to open up nominations for members to become a forum moderator for 2024-2025. Moderators play a significant role in ensuring the diabetes forum is a safe, compassionate and inclusive place for all. We welcome lively discussion but are...

People with type 2 diabetes mellitus are largely unable to make optimal use of glucose to produce the energy needed to fuel muscle contractions. Researchers at Oxford Brookes University are recruiting a total of 20 people with and without type 2 diabetes to investigate the extent to which there...

Hi @Rustytypin - thanks for noting this. As others have said, this may be because your password was compromised in a breach, rather than the site itself being compromised. Please send @Carson_DCUK a message (and preferably a screenshot too) and we'll look into this immediately for you. Please...

This study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London and DDM Health is exploring the potential of using voice recordings to identify individuals at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We are looking for people with and without type 2 diabetes to share their voice. Your participation...

Hello, We just wanted to make all members of the community aware of a slight rule amendment to rule B11. It is as follows: "Forum members will be asked to remove avatars judged unacceptable. The moderator and admin teams may also remove avatars without warning. Further action may be taken...

***ELECTION UPDATE*** Hi, thank you all for taking part in the nominations and this year's election process. As we only have a few new mods joining the team there is no need for an election, and we will be welcoming the new mods lovinglife TriciaWs ianf0ster Joining the returning members of...

Hi @grahamrb - there's no fee to join the forum (as you can see, as you're posting here!) :) The free trial that is being offered on the Gro app is a 7 day free trial. For that, you are required to put payment details in. This is not connected to your Diabetes.co.uk forum account. Hope that helps!

Jimi Hendrix's version is on another level!!

If you are a young woman (aged 18-25) with Type 1 Diabetes and want to make your views and ideas heard within the development of a self-management support tool then you are invited to become a part of our co-design team. You will work together with other young women with Type 1 Diabetes and...

Hi all - just a quick note to say thank you for your feedback. Every single suggestion is reviewed and we hope to address them all in the not-too-distant future. Also, apologies if you were affected by the outages today - there was a huge wave of Russian bots sent this way which thankfully...

Others have replicated the platform that we use, so that is why it is similar. It's the same platform, just upgraded as the previous version was going to present a security risk from the next release. In terms of customisation, we're happy to customise it however you wish! Please make...

Hi Tiggy - you're right, it looks like the profile only has 1 post. We'll investigate this. In terms of the colours, the text should now be black. We're in the process of adding some additional themes to the forum which will enable a choice of colour schemes