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 Germany
- Blickwinkel Diabetes e.V.Volunteer association offering peer support, online exchanges and exchange weekends for people living with diabetes, and raising public awareness.All of Germany
- Bund diabetischer Kinder und Jugendlicher e.V. (BdKJ)Association for children and teens with diabetes, mainly Type 1, and their families, offering counselling, training, family meetings and holiday camps.All of Germany
- Deutscher Diabetiker Bund e.V. (DDB)Berlin-based self-help organisation for people with diabetes in Germany, offering information, materials, membership and regional support.All of Germany
- Diabetes-KidsFree German-language online forum and community for children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes and their parents, with local self-help groups and mentors.All of Germany
- diabetesDEExpert-reviewed information on diabetes, risk test and service topics; umbrella of people with diabetes and professionals.All of Germany
- Diabetiker Hessen e.V.State association of diabetes self-help groups in Hesse, offering support groups for adults and children, seminars, diabetes information and address lists.All of Germany
- Diabetikerbund Bayern e.V.Membership association for people with diabetes in Bavaria, offering self-help groups, events, contacts, and children's and youth activities.All of Germany
- Stiftung DianiñoGerman foundation supporting children and teens with Type 1 diabetes in difficult situations via Diabetes Nannies, free of charge, and training staff in schools.All of Germany
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 Germany 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.