128 years ago today, on 14th November, 1891, Frederick Grant Banting was born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, the fifth and youngest child of William Banting and Margaret Grant. Banting was born into a poor family, his father a labourer on a farm and his mother an immigrant from Ireland and a homemaker. After graduating HighRead More
Today’s blog comes from our volunteers Polly & Will, who every year co-ordinate our Christmas Card Campaign. This role includes having the cards designed, taking orders, arranging printing and then packaging up the packs to send on to our supporters who purchase them. Polly says: We love to sell charity Christmas cards for the PendseyRead More
Today is the last day of our 11:11 campaign. We are trying to raise enough money for our partner clinic to buy 200 Frio bags at a cost of £11.11 each. Check out our previous blog which explains more about this campaign and why these bags are needed. You can donate here
As members of the diabetes community we are all aware of the role Sir Fred Banting played in treating Type One Diabetes, his idea to isolate animal insulin has literally saved the lives of millions of people. However, he is not as famously acknowledged for the roles he played in both World Wars and asRead More
Spotlight on: The Harvey Family The Pendsey Trust’s supporters really are the best. We wanted to take this opportunity on this dull, wet morning to brighten up your day by showing this wonderful picture of the Harvey family getting behind out latest campaign to purchase 200 Frio bags for our most needy children in India.Read More
Anyone who lives with Type 1 will understand the importance of storing insulin at the correct temperature. For the benefit of anyone who doesn’t know, insulin that is currently in use (the cartridge in the pen) can be at room temperature for 30 days and any spare insulin must be kept chilled. Insulin that getsRead More
99 years ago today Dr Banting had a crazy idea whilst in bed trying to sleep. The seemingly impossible idea kept playing around in his head and he could not sleep. Banting wrote a note to himself, a “brain dump” to allow him to remember his thoughts the next day and then allow himself toRead More
Every penny counts One of the many things that impressed me when I first become involved in The Pendsey Trust, was the fact that every penny reaches the charity as they are run by devoted volunteers who dedicate their precious time as they are passionate about the cause. Often, these volunteers do this around theirRead More
We have a new blog to celebrate Mothers Day. Long time supporter of both The Pendsey Trust and The Dream Trust, Mary Hayes, reflects upon her own experiences with Type 1 and her visits to our partner clinic The Dream Trust in Nagpur and how these have differered over the years. Mary states that theRead More
In August 2017, our trustee Jo Fox and her 10 year old son Oliver visited our partner clinic in Nagpur. The purpose of their visit was to meet Ruchita, the now 13 year old girl they have been sponsoring with The Pendsey Trust for 3 or 4 years. Another reason for their visit was toRead More
We started sponsoring Ruchita around World Diabetes Day 2014, after learning that children with diabetes in the developing world do not have affordable and sustainable access to insulin. Our reasons for deciding to become a sponsor are here. Sponsoring Ruchita has without doubt been a positive experience; we send her birthday gifts, exchange photographs andRead More
On December 6th, 2013 at 4pm, my son Oliver was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 6. On that day, our lives changed forever. A little bit of his childhood was taken away and from then on he had to live with responsibilities no 6 year old should have. I will notRead More
Jo and her son, Oliver, appeared on a local TV news programme yesterday. Oliver, aged only 10, had the morning off school to travel to York for the filming and for an hour, he felt like a film star after having a quick tour of the production company’s studio and then been the main star ofRead More
The Pendsey Trust has some amazing supporters, amongst them are an army of young people who make a huge difference to the lives of young people living with diabetes in the developing world. In this blog we want to tell you about Amy, an inspirational young lady who has not let type 1 stop her!Read More
Welcome to our first blog of 2017! Our supporter of the month feature is back! January’s supporter of the month is the amazing Dominic Will from North London. Dom is a Judoka, which to you and me is a person who practices Judo. Usually, between Christmas and New Year, Dom sits around with nothing toRead More
