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Hello all,

I am writing to advertise our research, and ask those interested in taking part to contact me.

This research is a unique opportunity for family members and friends of people who have had a diagnosis of diabetes to influence research by sharing their views and experiences.  We are particularly interested in the ways that families and friends help people manage their health and wellbeing.

It is important that each of your views are heard. Diabetes affects the individual diagnosed, and it also has an effect on their family and friends. It is vital that your experiences are understood and fed into the design of services to make sure that they provide the support that you and your family need. We are offering you a chance to contribute to this.

We would like to invite you to a discussion group on Tuesday 21^st October at 18:00-20:00, at the University of Leeds.  The group will involve up to 10 people who are willing to talk about their experience of supporting a family member or friend who has had a diagnosis of diabetes. We would like a range of experiences and so if your family member / friend has recently been diagnosed, or were diagnosed many years ago, if they are type 1 or type 2 diabetic, and are over the age of 18, we would like to hear from you. If you have diabetes and think a family member or friend would be interested in taking part please pass this information onto them.

If you would like to take part please contact the researchers; Emma Boger, E.J.Boger@soton.ac.uk or Jaimie Ellis J.Ellis@soton.ac.uk. Alternatively call our Freephone number 0800 0285 116. 

Thank you for considering taking part.

SMVOICED team.