Diabetes UK launch magenta wristbands

Howard Lake | 20 April 2005 | News

Diabetes UK has launched a magenta

wristband to raise funds for the charity.

The charity has ordered 35,000 wristbands which will retail at £1 each and be available in adult and child sizes. The

bands will feature the slogan “A future without diabetes” and the Diabetes

UK web address.

Douglas Smallwood, Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, said: “This is the first

time that Diabetes UK have sold wristbands to raise money and we hope it will be a huge success.”

Bands will be available to buy through the charity’s website, from its main London office, and via its customer services telephone line.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.