Last week saw the ever-popular bowling event - there was a record turnout and the kids had a blast making new friends ahead of the Fairthorne Manor trip at the end of the month!  The event was kindly supported by Linx, a local company that provides serviced apartments and commercial cleaning in Basingstoke and Reading, who covered the costs of the bowling. Many thanks for their generous support!

A number of our members have recently been asking about the project for diabetics and their families using horses to support and encourage everyone. The best way to find out more about this group is by visiting their Facebook page https://en-gb.facebook.com/peds94/ or email them p.e.d.s@hotmail.co.uk or call on 01962 777714

Diabetes UK are excited to be a charity partner to this year’s 2018 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey. They are looking for passionate and committed volunteers to help them during the week of Tuesday 22nd May to Sunday 27th May 2018.  Volunteers will be asked to hand out programs for donations and be part of various fundraising activities. 
 
Please help Diabetes UK raise vital funds and awareness about diabetes at this great event.  By volunteering your time, you’ll be given an entrance pass for the day and a food and drink voucher and there’ll be plenty of golf to see after your volunteering duties are over.
 
Please get in touch now to register your interest, by contacting Lauren on 07590 734 104 or email lauren.baker@diabetes.org.uk

Diabetes UK are excited to be a charity partner to this year’s 2018 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey. They are looking for passionate and committed volunteers to help them during the week of Tuesday 22nd May to Sunday 27th May 2018.  Volunteers will be asked to hand out programs for donations and be part of various fundraising activities. 
 
Please help Diabetes UK raise vital funds and awareness about diabetes at this great event.  By volunteering your time, you’ll be given an entrance pass for the day and a food and drink voucher and there’ll be plenty of golf to see after your volunteering duties are over.
 
Please get in touch now to register your interest, by contacting Lauren on 07590 734 104 or email lauren.baker@diabetes.org.uk

​For our younger members, we're running a Soft Play event for under 7's on Friday 13th April at 9:30am at Play Days in Basingstoke.  Come along to meet other parents, share tips and stories and generally relax for a few mins (try to finish your cuppa while its still hot for once!) 
Either let Chris know that you're thinking of coming, or email hpdg.committee@gmail.com and we'll look out for you. See you there!

Diabetes UK has started a campaign for clear and consistent labelling such as:-

• Front-of-pack traffic light labelling on all pre-packaged foods sold in the UK.
• Calorie labelling in key restaurants, cafes and takeaways, with carbohydrate content available online or when requested in store.
• Carbohydrate content labelling on products per portion or per individual unit as prepared.

If you'd like clearer food labelling please sign the petition at https://campaigns.diabetes.org.uk/page/20609/petition/1 
​#FoodUpfront

​https://beyondtype1.org/10-secrets-for-getting-your-toddler-with-type-1-to-eat/

The dates for Parent meetings for this year have now been set:-

• 6th March
• 12th June
• 11th September
• 4th December​

We're always on the look out for new venues throughout our area to hold our meetings, so if you'd like us to come a bit closer to you, please get in touch via hpdg.committee@gmail.com

Our HPDG Social Event calendar is being finalised for 2018 (suggestions to hpdg.committee@gmail.com are always welcome) and will be announced here soon (an on Facebook and Twitter).... 

A new UK based Diabetic Pen Pal Service (non-profit) called Type One Writers has just been launched for people living with Type 1 Diabetes!

Everyone with Type 1 can join the service (open to adults, children, young people and parents of children with T1) and once signed up, you'll be matched with a diabetic pen pal somewhere else in the country and you'll receive a starter pack of stationary goodies to get you started on your pen pal venture! This pack includes stickers, postcards, papers and envelopes etc and membership costs just £5 a year.