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Exciting type 1 diabetes (T1D) research news this morning, with six smart insulin projects funded by the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge. Glucose-responsive, or ‘smart insulins’, are designed to mimic the natural action of the pancreas and respond to blood glucose levels in real time.

The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge is a partnership between JDRF UK, Diabetes UK, and Steve Morgan Foundation.

The funded projects include one headed up by Professor Christoph Hagemeyer, from Australia’s Monash University

New insulin formulations represent real hope for transforming T1D management.

Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time Exclusive: People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say experts

Absolutely thrilled for Lachie Kennedy and the entire Australian 4x100m men's relay team! They didn’t just break the Australian national record of 38.17 seconds—they shattered it, blazing through the heats with the sixth fastest time at the Paris 2024 Olympics! 💙

At just 20 years old, he is lighting the way for young people living with type 1 diabetes, proving that nothing can hold you back from chasing your dreams. 🌟

Thank you, Lachie Kennedy, for being an incredible inspiration and role model in the T1D community! We’re all cheering you on!

We’re asking the Government for $50 million to fund type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Why?

Because research holds the key for creating a world without T1D.

Because the future of over 130,000 Australians and counting depends on it.

Did you know there are only 7 more sleeps until JDRF's Type 1 Summit, our FREE event all about living well with type 1 diabetes (T1D)? It's on Sunday 4 August!

Throughout the day you'll hear helpful, interesting talks for adults with T1D (and the people who love them), with another stream for parents and carers of kids and teens with T1D. You'll also be able to chat with other T1D community members!

You can attend in person in Melbourne or watch online from anywhere in Australia. (And morning tea and lunch is included for our Melbourne attendees.)

Can't watch the live sessions on Sunday? Register and you'll be able to watch the sessions later on demand!

Get more details and register now for this fantastic free day: https://jdrf.org.au/summit

We'd like to give a heartfelt thank you to the organisations, schools, and childcare centers across Australia that WENT BLUE for National Diabetes Week last week 💙. From dressing up in blue and baking delicious blue treats to decorating with a splash of blue, your involvement created a colorful impact for the type 1 diabetes community!

Want to join in on GOING BLUE? This fundraiser is open year-round, not just during National Diabetes Week! Click here to sign up your school or workplace: https://bluearmy.jdrf.org.au/how-will-you-go-blue

Are you a parent of a child or teen living with type 1 diabetes (T1D)? You’re invited to JDRF’s Type 1 Summit!

This FREE event, on Sunday 4 August, includes a full day of sessions all about helping families thrive with T1D. Watch online from anywhere in Australia OR join us in person in Melbourne for interesting, helpful sessions by researchers, experts & inspirational T1D community members.

Here are a just a few of the sessions - check out the full program and register now ➡️ jdrf.org.au/summit

💙 Who's going blue this National Diabetes Week? 💙 A huge thank you to all the schools and workplaces across Australia who have signed up to make a colourful statement for the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community this week! We can't wait to see how you've chosen to GO BLUE!

By GOING BLUE, you are raising awareness of T1D and promoting inclusivity and visibility for school-aged children and colleagues impacted by the condition. Plus, the funds raised will support breakthrough T1D research.

Together, let's create a blueprint for a world without T1D. 💪 Show some love and support for the schools and workplaces that have signed up by donating to their fundraising pages!

P.S. Did you know you can host a Go Blue day any day of the year, not just during National Diabetes Week? Learn more and register your school or workplace: https://bluearmy.jdrf.org.au/how-will-you-go-blue?

The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Diabetes report was published last week! It includes 23 recommendations to improve health outcomes for all types of diabetes, including type 1 diabetes (T1D).

We are so proud of our advocates who shared their stories and hope the report will lead to significant advancements in diabetes care and research. We couldn’t have done it without such passionate community involvement!

"Many of you made submissions to the Inquiry and have been following it closely. We extend our gratitude to each one of you." - Suzanne Culph, Head of Government Relations & Advocacy, JDRF Australia.

Discover more about the recommendations and learn what’s next for JDRF advocacy: https://jdrf.news/h1t

Join our FREE Type 1 Summit to hear from a range of type 1 diabetes (T1D) experts and meet others in the T1D community!

On Sunday 4 August you can tune in online or attend our in-person event in Melbourne to get fantastic tips and advice on living well with T1D.

There are sessions for adults with T1D (and the people who love them), and sessions for parents and carers of kids and teens with T1D. Here are just a few of the talks in the adult stream – there are lots more!

See the full program and register now: jdrf.news/summit

🤩Play for Purpose Raffle is open!🤩

Tickets are just $10 each, and when you purchase through our page, 50% goes directly to JDRF.💙

First prize is valued at a whopping $250k, including a car and gold bullion.

Ways to Support:
Buy a ticket to enter the draw and $5 from every ticket will go to JDRF.

Champions: Community members can set up a fundraising page through the PFP site to sell tickets. $5 from every ticket goes to JDRF. It's quick and easy to start!

Autoplay: When buying tickets, choose to autoplay (subscribe) to be automatically entered into each new draw with your selected ticket amount and cause of choice. This also enters you into an additional monthly draw and early bird draw. You can cancel anytime!

Draw closes 12th September 2024.

https://www.playforpurpose.com.au/jdrf

📢Excited to announce we are teaming up with T1DPlay (formerly JDRFI) for 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 🇦🇺

Streamers will host their own charity streams in honor of Australia's National Diabetes Week taking place July 14-21! 💙 All in support of Australians living with

Interested in hosting your own charity stream in support of the 130k people living with in Australia? 👀

Check out https://tiltify.com/breakthrought1d/adw , fill out our form, and we will help you get started! 🦘

📢 National Diabetes Week is fast approaching! Will you be GOING BLUE with your school or workplace and show your support for the 130,000+ Aussies living with type 1 diabetes (T1D)? Whether you:

💙 Wear something blue
💙 Bake something blue
💙 Make something blue
💙 Colour your school or workplace building in blue

…you will be helping to raise awareness of T1D amongst your community and support breakthrough research!

Ask your organisation or child’s school to host a GO BLUE day during or leading up to National Diabetes Week and together let’s create the blueprint for a world without T1D. Get involved: https://bluearmy.jdrf.org.au/how-will-you-go-blue?

What an amazing effort! 💙💙 A huge thank you to the Big Red Bash for organising such a meaningful event for not only JDRF but the T1D community. Big Red Bash

🚶‍✨ Exciting news! Our flagship fundraising event, One Walk, is moving from October 2024 to March 2025!

By shifting from October, we’re avoiding the busy end-of-year fundraising period and making your support even more impactful.

Check out the full date change announcement here: https://jdrf.org.au/one-walk-is-moving-to-march-2025/

💙It’s not too late to make your tax-deductible donation for T1D research💙

As the end of the financial year approaches, your tax-deductible gift can provide hope and support to children like twin sisters Allie and Avya, who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within weeks of each other.

By donating before 30 June, you’ll be supporting life-changing T1D research, with every donation matched by a generous group of JDRF supporters, which means you can double your impact by giving today.

If you haven’t already, please if you could make a donation this tax time to help us continue to support children like Allie and Ayva live their best lives.

🙌Donate at https://jdrf.org.au/tax/ before 30 June.🙌

💙JDRF at the Big Red Bash – Raffle WIN!!💙

To celebrate JDRF’s involvement at the Big Red Bash, we are giving away over $16,000 in prizes – including a Quintrex tinnie 🚤, camping gear, Minelab metal detector, Squids sandboard and lots more!

All money raised through the Raffle will go towards our mission: to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications.

Grab us many tickets as you like to be a 🍀lucky winner🍀 of one of these fantastic prizes – get your tickets here: https://rafflelink.com.au/jdrfbigbluedaybrb24

*NB. This raffle is open to residents of NSW, VIC and QLD only. Terms and conditions apply

JDRF's Type 1 Summit is coming on Sunday 4 August! Join us in person in Melbourne or tune in online from anywhere in Australia for a fabulous day all about life with T1D.

There's a stream just for adults living with type 1 (and the people who love them), and another for parents and carers of kids with T1D.

Check out the program to see all the amazing sessions, featuring well-known T1D experts and some new faces, covering a wide range of topics about life with T1D.

Whether you're watching online or in person in Melbourne, registration is essential. Get all the details and sign up for Australia's #1 event on living well with T1D now: https://jdrf.news/Summit

🎉 Congratulations to our National Volunteer of the Year 🎉, 14-year-old Giselle, who received this momentous accolade from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Kirribilli House this morning.

Giselle has been a passionate advocate in making a real difference to people, like herself, living with type 1 diabetes, and making her voice heard towards improving lives.

She even had a personal letter from the Prime Minister excusing her for being late to school today!

💙 We are all super proud of you Giselle! 💙

Giselle’s got a good excuse to be late for school this morning.

She’s just been awarded National Volunteer of the Year by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

At just 14, her advocacy is making a difference for people living with Type 1 Diabetes.

This morning I welcomed Giselle to Kirribilli House to say congratulations.

✨ Thank you, Stefan Diamonds, for your dazzling support at our Blue Tie Ball! ✨

Our guests were thrilled by the luxurious Stefan’s Diamond Experience, inspiring many to support type 1 diabetes research. Each purchase offered a chance to win an exquisite $15,000 diamond, complete with a personalised showroom visit, champagne, and a delightful city lunch.

Your generosity helps us sparkle and shine in our mission to make a difference. 💎

We are excited to announce THREE early to mid-career researchers (EMCRs) have been awarded the Tim Welborn EMCR Fellowship. This includes:

🔹 Dr Claire Jessup Flinders University, who is investigating how to delay or prevent T1D by targeting a type of immune cell known as a T-cell

🔹 Dr Irina Buckle from Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, who is looking at using an oral therapy in an effort to slow down or prevent T1D

🔹 Dr Rong Xu from Monash University who is working on a new formulation of insulin that could respond to rising blood sugar levels and more closely mimic the natural action of the pancreas

The Tim Welborn EMCR Fellowship is named after Professor Tim Welborn AO, a pioneering endocrinologist in Western Australia.

Read more about the awardees and Professor Welborn on our website: https://jdrf.news/7e33ce

Big news for JDRF: After 20 incredible years of dedicated leadership, Mike Wilson OAM will be retiring from his role as CEO of JDRF Australia later this year.

Two decades of advocating for and alongside the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community has delivered transformational change. Check out this snapshot of just some of JDRF’s achievements for people with T1D under his leadership:

➡️ elevated T1D as a bipartisan policy priority at the Federal level, leading to substantial investment in the T1D Clinical Research Network and Insulin Pump Program
➡️ helped secure $273m in 2022 to support access to continuous glucose monitors for all Australians with T1D
➡️ launched a program of high-profile events and community programs available around Australia for people living with T1D, providing education, support and fundraising.

Mike’s passion and commitment have been unmatched, and we are forever grateful for his extraordinary contributions to improving lives and finding cures for T1D.

As we celebrate Mike's legacy, we are also excited to welcome Sydney Yovic as our new CEO. With deep roots in the T1D space and extensive international experience, Sydney is ready to continue our progress and will be starting with JDRF Australia in August. We look forward to the future with hope and determination. 💙

Read the full announcement here: https://jdrf.org.au/jdrf-australia-ceo-mike-wilson-oam-to-retire-from-role/

📢 Calling all schools and workplaces across Australia to make a splash and GO BLUE this National Diabetes Week (14 - 21 July*) !

Encourage your workplace or child’s school to host a day to wear blue, bake delicious blue treats, or decorate their space in blue to raise awareness for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and support breakthrough research.

Together, let's create the blueprint for a world without T1D 💙.

Learn more about GOING BLUE and register your school or organisation by clicking the link below.

*For schools on holidays during National Diabetes Week, no worries—you can still join in! Host a GO BLUE day during the last week of term.

https://bluearmy.jdrf.org.au/how-will-you-go-blue

'Straight to the Point' is the must-have FREE guide for every Aussie adult living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Whether you were recently diagnosed or have been living with the condition for years (or even decades), you’ll find info and tips to help you thrive.

Updated for 2024, our latest edition features new and refreshed content, including sections on:
📟 T1D tech & devices
🏊‍♀️ exercise (including water activities)
📉 the stages of T1D
❤️ your mental health and body image
💲your financial assistance options
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 stories from our amazing community members
➕and lots more!

Check it out and download your FREE copy now: https://jdrf.news/STTP

📣📣The Giving Day website will remain open over the weekend, DOUBLING your donations as we move towards our $1M goal! 💙..which means there's still time to DOUBLE your impact for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us in getting such a great result! Let's keep up the amazing work ✨.

Double your donation here: https://givingday.jdrf.org.au/event/giving-day-2024/home