Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Type 1 diabetes is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Belgium
- Association du DiabèteActivities, meetings, conferences and training for people with diabetes and health professionals (French-speaking Belgium).All of Belgium
- Diabetes LigaIndependent Flemish organisation that informs, connects and mobilises people with diabetes; runs a free Diabetes Infoline, leaflets, magazines and training.All of Belgium
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Belgium and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Type 1 diabetes.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Type 1 diabetes to compare with. Family and friends can help.