Port Macquarie community walking for a world without type 1 diabetes

COMMUNITY members from across the Port Macquarie-Hastings region will come together on 8 March to fundraise for research into type 1 diabetes (T1D).

The fundraising walk is organised by Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), a leading supporter of global research into the condition.

The local event is part of the organisation’s annual One Walk campaign, which brings around one million people together worldwide to unite in the fight against T1D, a lifelong autoimmune condition impacting over 145,000 Australians.

Participants fundraise for their ‘special some1’, a loved one affected by T1D, and then come together to celebrate their efforts at in-person events around Australia.

On Sunday, 8 March, One Walk supporters from Port Macquarie will gather at Westport Park at 8am for a morning of family fun, fundraising, walking, and connecting with community members who live with T1D.

Funds raised at the event will go towards the national One Walk target of $1.1 million.

Tamara Aitchison, National Manager Community Fundraising at Breakthrough T1D Australia, said, “Type 1 diabetes doesn’t stop for anything or anyone – it is 24/7.

“Breakthrough T1D wants to change that.

“We are committed to creating a world without this condition through funding the best and brightest researchers working to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to improve lives and ultimately cure T1D.

“One Walk has been helping make these breakthroughs possible for many years now, with our amazing community raising funds for the most promising research.

“The day is also a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together, connect, feel supported and importantly, have fun.”

This year’s One Walk could help support research ranging from the early detection of T1D to finding ways to help the body produce its own insulin once more.

Visit walk.BreakthroughT1D.org.au to sign up.