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Crippa's Fun Footy Clinic
It's coming back! Diabetes Research Western Australia invites children aged 6-16 living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to join West Coast Eagles champion Jamie Cripps for a fun-filled footy clinic on Wednesday 13 December, 4pm-7pm.
Join Jamie and his footy friends from the West Coast Eagles men and women's teams for a kick and to learn some new skills while having fun. The clinic will also include photo and autograph opportunities, a tour of the WCE training facilities, sausage sizzle and giveaways.
Cost - $20 per participant
Please note the diabetes health specialists and educators will be in attendance.
Spots are limited to 50 and like last year are expected to fill fast, so secure your spot by filling in this online form.
Diabetes Service award
Congratulations to the Perth Children’s Hospital Diabetes department, which was recently named a Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care in Australia by the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC). This award recognises the team’s commitment to excellence in clinical practice, research, data organisation, staff support and education services.
Telethon star Sophia
Did you see little Sophia Marshall in the Sunday Times last week? Sophia (7) has been chosen as one of four Telethon Stars this year. We are very excited to watch Sophia share her journey of living with type 1 diabetes with the Western Australia community in the lead up to Telethon next month. All the best Sophia, we hope you have a wonderful time.
Guardian 4 sensor
The Medtronic Guardian 4 sensor, which has recently been approved for use in Australia, has now been added to the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS). The much anticipated Guardian 4 sensor can be used with the Medtronic 780G pump and is also a stand alone sensor.
Community Conversation
Our team understands T1D can be a traumatic diagnosis for children, young people, and their families. Please join us for a community conversation as we embark on a project to develop a community-led, trauma-informed, psychosocial intervention to improve wellbeing following a diagnosis of T1D.
Are you a sports coach?
Our researchers have developed educational exercise resources to support coaches to empower kids with T1D to participate more safely in community sport & exercise. If you're a coach we would love your feedback.
Oral insulin study
Our researchers would like to find out whether oral insulin is useful in T1D management and is safe for use in individuals with T1D. We are looking for participants aged 16 – 25 years to be involved in the 12-week study.
Understanding your experiences
Our researchers want to hear about your experiences parenting a child with type 1 diabetes. If you are a caregiver of a child living with diabetes aged 10 years or younger, we would love to hear from you.
Improving healthcare transition
Do you know someone aged18-25 years who has transitioned to adult diabetes care in the last 5 years? We would like to hear their experiences and ideas on how to improve the healthcare transition.
Community forum
Thank you to all those who attended the Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre Community Forum in late July. It was great to have so many special guest speakers from across Australia and internationally. If you missed the event, you can now watch a recording.
Q&A responses
During the Community Forum, we had lots of fantastic questions for our guest speakers, researchers and diabetes health experts, but ran out of time to answer them all. We collected the list of questions and our expert team have kindly provided the answers below.
Holiday fun!
Telethon Kids Institute is excited to be back at Scitech, every weekday during the holidays giving kids the opportunity to get hands-on for a range of science and health related workshop topics including the return of fan favourites ‘Poo and You’ and ‘Ear Explorers’.
Each workshop runs for one hour and costs $22 per child ($15 for Scitech members). Plus, each workshop booking gives you access to Scitech’s interactive exhibition space - perfect for you to explore before or after your workshop.
Find out what's on offer and book your tickets before it's too late - these school holiday workshops tend to sell out very quickly!
Book your workshop today.
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