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Home > How to help > Volunteer > Youth Ambassador Programme > T1 Ambassadors
If you’re aged between 11 and 16 and have type 1 diabetes, this is the Breakthrough T1D UK Youth Ambassador stage for you.
Start your journey with Breakthrough T1D UK by:
Please note our Youth Ambassador Programme is based in the UK. However, we’re happy to accept applications no matter where you live, as our activities are mainly remote or online. If you’re based in the US and would like support closer to home, please visit the Breakthrough T1D site in the US.
If you join the t1 Ambassador programme we will ask you to complete a set of tasks. These will help Breakthrough T1D UK to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes and raise money for our medical research. We will ask you to do tasks such as:
Not only will you be helping us, but we will help you. We will provide you with skills you can carry forward in future. We will hold training sessions on such subjects as, Social Media Training, Presentation Skills, Talking to your Peers and Media Training
If you’d like to become a member, ask your parent/guardian to complete the form below and we will be in touch with more details.
(please note: all communications from Breakthrough T1D UK will be undertaken with the parent/guardian).
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