Diabetes UK is the charity leading the fight against the most devastating and fastest growing health crisis of our time, creating a world where diabetes can do no harm. Its a fight that involves all of us sharing knowledge and taking diabetes on together.

I'm fortunate that, despite my very obvious weight issues and lack of fitness, I do not have diabetes.  I started swimming in order to reduce my chance of developing diabetes so it seems fitting that my efforts could raise a little towards funding a better understanding of the disease.

The challenge is to swim 22 miles in 12 weeks but I'm very much hoping to double that and make it 44  miles in the same time frame.