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Name: | Sandi McKechnie |
Age: | 24 |
Year of the Fix: | 2014 |
Location: | Glasgow |
Campaign: | To support young people with diabetes |
I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was six years old.
It’s a condition which affects one in twenty-five people in Scotland, many of them young people like me.
When I went to secondary school, I was responsible for controlling the diabetes myself.
I wanted to go out and do the normal things that teenagers do, but I had to take injections and keep an eye on my insulin levels.
Wanting to support others who live the disease, my group and I have launched a website that allows those with diabetes to come together and talk about things that affect them.
We want young people to realise that you can lead a normal life having diabetes, as long as you manage it effectively.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with my Fix:
Faizah Ali
Gemma Thomson
Kevin Brannan
Megan Lott
Rachel Waller
Samantha Byrne
The organisation supported our Fix by helping us with our website.
International Diabetes Federation
Sir Michael Hirst, president of the federation, supported our Fix by providing an interview for the TV news story.
Professor Naveed Sattar from the university supported our Fix by speaking about the medical aspects of diabetes for our STV broadcast.
Iain Bone
Iain has Type 2 diabetes and supported our project by sharing his story for the broadcast piece.
June 2014
A post about our website - www.justduk1t.org.uk - was published in The Herald Scotland.
Mason Latey
Ethan Mcinally
Liam Thomas
Alexandra Garrick
Becky Thorn
Olivia G
Shano
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Sam Barakat
Ben Simms
Shak & Natasha
Meghann
Becky
Lauren Taylor
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Hannah Baker
Tilly and Bella
Jack H
Hannah Carter
Macauley Collinson
Jade Kingdom
Timothy Cranfield
Sam Womack
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills