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Home > News & events > Fundraising events > Breakthrough T1D 40th Anniversary Ball
Join us in the heart of Edinburgh for a powerful evening celebrating 40 years of progress in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.
This black‑tie event, hosted by acclaimed actress Nina Wadia OBE, will honour the incredible advances made possible by our community and to commit to what comes next.
Invite your friends, family, colleagues, or clients to an evening of purpose and impact, featuring:
Over the past four decades, we’ve transformed life with T1D. But for millions, life with T1D is still relentless: finger pricks, injections, hypos, midnight alarms, and 180 health decisions every day.
This evening is a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come, to acknowledge the daily reality of T1D, and to reaffirm our promise:
We won’t stop until we find a cure.
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For 40 years your support has helped us:
Now, your leadership is more vital than ever. This evening is your opportunity to help finish what we started.
You can make the next breakthrough happen.
Nina Wadia is an actress who has starred in many hit TV shows, including Goodness Gracious Me, EastEnders, Still Open All Hours and BBC One’s Death in Paradise.
In September 2017, her son Aidan was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged 10 – something Nina admits she found harder to cope with than he did. As she explains:
“There is no one braver in my life than my son. It is really tough to live with type 1, and the diagnosis was a terrible shock, but it is not the end of the world. Aidan has helped me to see that. A doctor told us we can still expect our son to have a great life, due to all the medical technology there now is to help. I am incredibly grateful for the research that Breakthrough T1D funds towards this.”
Venue: The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EQ. See on map.
Date: Saturday 16 May 2026
Time: 6pm
Dress code: Black tie
Spaces are limited and this landmark event is expected to sell out. Don’t miss your chance to be part of something extraordinary.
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