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LIVING
The community
is a tight family
made up of those
who have Type
1 and those who
care for them. The
Type 1 Diabetes
Grand Challenge
aims to find better
solutions for
everyone.
~ Steve Morgan
New Found Hope
We interview Steve and Sally Morgan about the Steve
Morgan Foundation's recent £50m donation to fund
the challenge for a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
By Sue Marshall. In April this year the news
broke that the Steve Morgan
Foundation was to join forces
with JDRF and Diabetes UK to
invest £50m into Type 1 diabetes
research. This donation, the largest
ever philanthropic gift to Type 1
research, is going to accelerate
research into future treatments
and cures.
We caught up with Steve and
Sally Morgan of the Steve Morgan
Foundation to find out more about
their motivation for giving and their
hopes for the future.
"We want to help bring about
change for the whole Type 1
community," explains Steve. "The
community is a tight family made
up of those who have Type 1 and
those who care for them. The Type
1 Diabetes Grand Challenge aims to
find better solutions for everyone."
Steve and Sally were introduced
to the Type 1 community and the
relentless daily management of the
condition when their son Hugo was
diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at
the age of seven, while on holiday in
Antigua. "Learning how to manage
Hugo's diabetes was a steep learning
curve," says Sally. "Hugo was
diagnosed in July and went onto his
first pump in September. Mentally
it's still a burden though. There's so
much to do, to remember, to consider
and even carry about with you."
CEO of JDRF Karen Addington (left) with Sally and Steve Morgan,
and Rufus the bear.