Thanks to Maisie, Stacey, Kevin for putting our charity forward to ASDA Highbridge as a nominated charity.

The local people of Highbridge got behind us which resulted in a cheque for £200

Thank you for all of your support.

Local carnival club Vagabonds used there Christmas collections to support the Josh Evans Trust Fund, we are very grateful for there support, and to the members who nominated us for this bumper donation.

Trustees, Tracy and Harley were invited to receive the cheque at Bridgwater Rugby Club during the clubs annual dinner.

Teenage Diabetes leaflet 2014 click here to download

Santa Express

Hi JETF, just to let you know the trip went brilliantly and thank you so much for the funding to support it. Many parents expressed their appreciation to me on the day.

It was a pretty busy event with over 60 children and parents, thanks again….another great success for JETF and children with diabetes in Somerset.

Kind regards

Michelle

Michelle Gardiner
Children’s Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The Musgrove team are delighted to be able to offer these sessions again this year for the parents of children newly diagnosed within the previous 12 months. The Josh Evans Trust Fund financially supports the venue and refreshment costs and we know that parents find the sessions really helpful.
A set of 5 or 6 sessions are co-facilitated by the Team psychologist and either a children’s diabetes specialist nurse or a consultant paediatrician, according to the content requested by attending parents. The sessions run for 1-2 hours, every 2 weeks, early evening at living lights church. The sessions have been incredibly well evaluated by parents.
In general we hope that the group will offer parents a chance to:

• meet and learn from other families whose child has diabetes
• share experiences and helpful advice
• discuss fundraising/social ideas
• request teaching on topics of interest from other members of the team

Please contact the children’s paediatric team for more information on the latest sessions.

The team are delighted to be able to offer these sessions again this year for the parents of children newly diagnosed within the previous 12 months.

The JETF financially supports the venue and refreshment costs and we know that parents find the sessions really helpful.  A set of 5 or 6 sessions are co-facilitated by the Team psychologist and either a children’s diabetes specialist nurse or a consultant paediatrician, according to the content requested by attending parents.

The sessions run for 1-2 hours, every 2 weeks, early evening and have been incredibly well evaluated by parents. This year’s sessions are running as we speak.

The Afinion is a machine that enables trained operators to test glycated haemoglobin (a good indicator of an individual’s glucose control over about 60 days).

The Josh Evans Fund recently purchased this machine for our service to use at the Robert Blake Children’s Facility in Bridgwater.

Having this equipment at that site is fantastic, as it now enables us to test quality assured glycated haemoglobin at the point of care, for all children with diabetes in West Somerset.

Having this facility is Nationally recommended, because we have their result available to discuss with the child and family at the time of their consultation.  This is really helpful, not only in being able to give immediate feedback but also assists in planning any treatment changes together, towards achieving or sustaining the National glucose targets.

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