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Home > News & events > News > JDRF UK appoints Terence Lovell as Fundraising and Engagement Director
We are delighted to welcome Terence Lovell as Director of Fundraising and Engagement. Terence has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 20 years. He built his career at Barnardo’s, Save the Children where he was Deputy Director for Supporters and Communities, and Teach First where he was Director of Development.
Most recently, Terence was Chief Engagement and Marketing Officer at the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. He was responsible for increasing voluntary income, building awareness and growth in the stem cell donor register, along with driving digital transformation and organisational strategy development.
Terence has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 20 years. He built his career at Barnardo’s, Save the Children where he was Deputy Director for Supporters and Communities, and Teach First where he was Director of Development.
He said, “I’m absolutely delighted to be joining JDRF UK as the new Director of Fundraising and Engagement.
“I’m passionate about playing my role in eradicating type 1 diabetes by funding the life-changing research breakthroughs here in the UK and internationally.
“It’s a golden age in type 1 diabetes research progress and I’m excited to be playing such a fundamental part in JDRF’s mission.”
JDRF UK CEO Karen Addington said, “Terence has significant breadth and depth of experience in income generation and supporter engagement.
“We are delighted to welcome him to JDRF UK at this tremendously exciting point in our development where we are so significantly growing in income and impact to prevent, treat and cure type 1 diabetes.”
In draft guidance published today, NICE recommends that anyone with type 1 diabetes who is pregnant or planning a pregnancy should be offered pregnancy-specific HCL technology.
The Steve Morgan Foundation has donated £280,000 to Breakthrough T1D and DigiBete to expand Coping with Diabetes online tool.
On Friday 15 May, Breakthrough T1D appeared on Piccadilly Lights alongside a new short film for EE72 featuring Kate Moss, captured by Nick Knight.
We are very sorry to share the news that Colin Brumpton, Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and a long‑standing supporter of Breakthrough T1D, passed away on 14 April.
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