Registration for Thrive-abetes is open!

Finally!! Registration for Thrive-abetes is open. 

However, before you buy your tickets for this conference, take a moment to read through "Who should attend Thrive-abetes?"

Who Should Attend Thrive-abetes?

The Thrive-abetes; Thrive with Type 1 Diabetes Conference is for:

- Adults living with Type 1 diabetes or Type 1.5 Diabetes, also known as LADA (Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults). 

- Partners, Spouses and Significant Others of Adults with type 1 and 1.5 are welcome to attend Thrive-abetes also. They should buy their ticket for the programme they wish to attend. 

- Parents or Guardians of a child or young person with type 1 diabetes.
It is with a heavy heart that we recommend that you to leave your child with diabetes at home, if you can. Please see this post for why we decided this.

Ticket Price.

Tickets for Thrive-abetes cost €35 each, or €60 for two tickets (this includes the administration fee from Eventbrite.ie) and can be purchased here. 

Another GREAT speaker for Thrive-abetes: Dr. Clare McVicker from JDRF

It is with great pleasure that we announce confirmation of the fifth speaker at the Thrive-abetes conference.

Dr. Clare McVicker is the Director of Research Advocacy, at the type 1 diabetes research charity, JDRF in the United Kingdom. JDRF is the world’s leading charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research and its vision is a world without type 1 diabetes.

Dr. McVicker works to increase and further strengthen type 1 diabetes research by raising awareness of the condition and the profile of JDRF in the wider UK research community.

The JDRF UK is partnered with Diabetes Ireland Research Alliance (DIRA), which is a subsidiary branch of Diabetes Ireland.

Clare said: “I am really pleased to be part of this fantastic event and to represent our successful DIRA/JDRF partnership.  We are at an exciting time for research into type 1 diabetes, with many recent advances and breakthroughs, and therefore, I look forward to highlighting many of these at the conference'.

She added: “The cure for type 1 diabetes will be found. It’s just a question of time, money, and great research. Finding this cure could act as a skeleton key – unlocking ways to prevent and cure a range of other autoimmune conditions.”

Welcome Dr. Clare! You can find out more about Dr. McVicker here.

Are you a Winner in our Thrive-abetes Raffle?

We held our Thrive-abetes Fundraiser raffle on Saturday evening, May 30th, in The Grove Bar & Restaurant, Roslevan, Ennis, Co. Clare.

1st Prize of the signed 2014 Six Nations Ireland Rugby shirt goes to; 

Mairead Lynch, Clogher Head, Co. Louth 

Ticket No. 0075. We wish Mairead the very best of luck in her exams.

2nd Prize of Two nights B&B in Friar's Lodge Guest House, Kinsale, Co. Cork goes to;

Natasha Holohan 

Ticket No. 0341

Contact us Natasha so we can send you your prize!

3rd Prize of Two nights B&B in Friar's Lodge Guest House, Kinsale, Co. Cork goes to;

Daniel Hartnett, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick.

Ticket No. 0358.

4th Prize of the €60 Ticketmaster Voucher goes to;

Kate O'Donnell, Hospital, Co. Limerick. 

Ticket No. 0142

Congratulations to all our winners! And thanks to everyone who supported Thrive-abetes by buying a raffle ticket. 

Thanks also to our prize sponsors; DiabetesTone.com, Maureen Tierney of Friar's Lodge Guest House, and to Elissa Cassidy in Ticketmaster.ie