Once again for our December meeting on Wednesday 12th we held out Christmas Social. Everyone brought along some food to for the shared buffet, as well as a lot of festive cheer.
Continue reading December 2018 Meeting – Christmas Social.
At our October 18 meeting the Group celebrated its 10th anniversary by taking a look at how our parent charity operates at the regional and national level.
The guest speaker was Gemma Jackson, the Volunteering and Outreach Manager for the South West Region of Diabetes UK based in Taunton. Continue reading October 2018 Meeting _ Diabetes UK SW Region Talk
In August we were pleased to have Ann & Emma, Community Specialist Podiatrists from Gloucestershire Podiatry Services come to let us into the secrets of looking after our feet.
They gave a very in depth talk covering such things as the complications of diabetes, regularly checking our feet and what to look and what is the best sort of footwear. They illustrated their talk with some rather gruesome photos of what can go wrong if your feet are not cared for.
They also informed us that you can self refer yourself for a podiatry appointment. For more information follow this link: Gloucestershire Podiatry Care then click on the Podiatry self-referral form on the right under Podiatry or email : Gloucestershire Podiatry
For more info on footcare click on the following Diabetes UK – Footcare.
For the June meeting a quiz was held. The quiz setter and quiz master for the night was Bob Watford.
Bob had set a very interesting quiz including two “table top” quizzes, one to identify well known(ish!) logos/trademarks, the other to name various UK towns & cities from their scrambled up names – i.e. STELEEICR.
Everyone attending also brought along some food to share during the mid quiz break.
It was a very enjoyable, if mind stretching
at times, with the eventual winners being the Numskulls consisting of Campbell, Gaye and Sally, well done to them.
By the way the city was Leicester
Report to be advised.
At the February meeting the group held its AGM. After the treasurer (Bob Watford) and Chair (Mike Coombs) read out their reports, they were passed as correct by those present.
The following changes were made to the Committee:
Viv Gay and Margaret Skinner stepped down.
Robert McCaffery was voted onto the Committee.
The following were re-elected:
Mike Coombs – Chair.
Bob Watford – Treasurer.
Jay McCaffery – Secretary.
Kevin Powell – Member.
Mike finished by thanking Viv & Margaret for their help and support over the last year.
Our December meeting and Christmas social was held on Wednesday 13 Dec. As in
previous years all who attended brought along some food & drink to share, and just as important a large dose of Christmas Cheer.
For our October meeting we were very pleased to have Mary Seldon, the Regional Fund Raising Manager, from the Midland Air Ambulance Service come and give us a talk on their activities.
Continue reading October 17 Meeting – Midlands Air Ambulance
For our April meeting we were pleased to welcome Dr Alison Evans, a Consultant Physician, Diabetes & Endocrinology at Cheltenham General Hospital to the Group to give a talk. Also Martin Reeves, who organised a dance in February which raised funds for the Group, came along to present a cheque for £75.00, which was gratefully accepted by Mike Coombs our new Chair. Continue reading April 17 Meeting – Dr Alison Evans – Consultant Physician, Diabetes & Endocrinology
After the AGM (see “News” item: AGM Feb 17) we had a talk by Kate Dembenski, a Diabetes Clinical Nurse in the Paediatric Diabetes Unit at the Gloucester Royal Hospital.
Kate explained about how Type 1 diabetes can affect young children and that increasingly Type 1 is being diagnosed in adults, an extreme case being a lady of 90!! She also gave a brief explanation of how the hospital treat youngsters when they are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Continue reading February 17 Meeting – Kate Dembenski – Diabetes Clinical Nurse