There are 8.7 million people living with type 1 diabetes around the world, including over 400,000 people in the UK.

Type 1 diabetes can affect anyone. It's a brutal, relentless condition with currently no cure. Type 1 diabetes is a serious autoimmune condition that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks beta cells within the pancreas, which then stop producing insulin. As a result, glucose levels in your blood start to rise, and your body can’t function unless you replace the insulin.

JDRF funds research that will cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes and its complications. They invest in research that will transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes – improving treatments today until their research has found a cure.