People, Thriveabetes 2016 happens in less than 7 weeks! Yikes!!! In a couple of weeks, we will publish our schedule for the day, complete with a speaker's page. For now, we have a growing list of exhibitors attending Thriveabetes on Saturday, October 1st and have given them their dedicated webpage where you can find out more about all of these exciting companies.
Thriveabetes could not happen without our exhibitors. Each one of them contributes hugely to making this event happen and we are very grateful for them. Each company logo on this page has a link to their website where you can find out more about their products and services.
Our confirmed exhibitors at Thriveabetes, so far, are;
We will also have a collection point for:
Insulin for Life Collection Point - We are asking you to bring your unwanted, unopened insulin and supplies along to Thriveabetes on October 1st where we’ll be collecting:
– No longer needed, unopened and in-date insulin, with at least 3 months to the expiry date – Syringes, lancets, needles – Glucose test strips
Please make sure that everything is unused, unopened and in-date. We will have cool storage available for donated insulin. After the conference, your donated supplies will be sent to the IDDT (Insulin for Life’s local partner in the UK) who will send them on to a project supporting children and young people with type 1 diabetes in Tanzania.
When my 5-year-old was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, one of the few positives in those difficult early weeks was the discovery that all his diabetes needs would be provided for under the Long Term Illness scheme. Four years on, I am still so appreciative that we can pop into our local chemist whenever we need to, without worry. We have everything we need, with lots of spares and backups, so we can keep him safe no matter what happens. In many parts of the world things are not quite like that. Many families just cannot afford or cannot access the insulin they need to keep their loved ones safe. And for many in the developing world, through poverty or war, the brutal truth is that a diabetes diagnosis is a death sentence.
