Diabetes Christchurch

They provide support for members, community education and awareness programmes, brochures, information leaflets and resources about diabetes, support for research, advocacy and lobbying for people with diabetes, and sponsorship.

They also have numerous volunteers who help at our diabetes information stalls, at the A & P Show and Ellesmere Show, hospital stall and various health expos, as well as other activities throughout the year and especially during Diabetes Awareness Week in November each year.

Diabetes Christchurch write submissions to the Ministry of Health and PHARMAC, as well as lobbying and advocating to the CDHB on local issues for people with diabetes.

The committee meets on the last Monday of each month to organise awareness events, market day sales, education meetings, as well as various fundraising projects to support their members. They collaborate with Diabetes NZ Youth Canterbury, and are interactively involved with various other professional diabetes service providers as well as with many other like-minded associated community groups and organisations.

They also stock the full range of replacement insulin pens, and log books. Currently they are are unable to dispose of sharps but can provide approved containers.

Diabetes Christchurch also provides a range of aged related support groups who meet monthly and have an armchair exercise group who meet each week on Friday mornings~ you are most welcome to attend any of these. They have a a large variety of diabetes information leaflets and brochures, diabetes recipe books, diabetes educational material and videos available.