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Our Pump Programme

Applications are now closed for 2023, but will resume in 2024.

How to Volunteer

Sometimes the most valuable gift you can give is time.

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Ways to donate and sponsor, in cash and in kind.

What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in Australian children. There are over 140,000 Australians with type 1 diabetes and with six new cases every day. Australia has one of the highest rates in the world. The number of Australian children being diagnosed with this disease is increasing by 6% every year.
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* 1. Demographic Details

2. Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy)

3. Date of Diagnosis (dd/mm/yyyy)

* 4. I am

* 5. Eat large snacks at beadtime

* 6. Avoid leaving your child alone when their blood glucose is likely to be low

* 7. Keep your child's blood glucose higher when they will be alone for a while.

* 8. Give your child something to eat as soon as they show the first signs of low blood glucose

* 9. Reduce your child's insulin dose when you think their glucose is too low.

* 10. Keep your child's blood glucose higher when they are at a party or you may be occupied for a long period of time.

* 11. Make sure you and/or your child carry fast-acting glucose.

* 12. Avoid allowing your child to play/exercise when you think their blood glucose is low.

13. Check you child's blood glucose often when they plan to be at a party or you know you may be occupied for a long period of time.

14. Not recognising/realising your child is having a night-time hypo.

* 15. Not having food, fruit, or juice available at night.

* 16. Your child having a hypo while asleep

* 17. Your child having a night-time hypo while alone

* 18. No one being around to help your child if they have a night-time hypo

* 19. Your child having seizures or convulsions as a result of a night-time hypo

* 20. Your child having difficulties at school after a night-time hypo

* 21. Your child developing long-term complications from frequent night-time hypos