Charity and Voluntary Sector
: Research funded by Diabetes UK and carried out by a team from Newcastle University has discovered that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by an extremely low-calorie diet alone. In an early stage clinical trial of 11 people, all reversed their diabetes by drastically cutting their food intake to just 600 calories a day for 2 months. And 3 months later, 7 remained free of diabetes.
Diabetes UK is keen to stress this study involved an extreme diet conducted under close medical supervision. They strongly recommend people do not attempt to lose weight in this way. People with diabetes who want to lose weight should consult their healthcare team before loosing weight in this way.
BHF: New figures from the NHS show a record number of people are now on the Organ Donor Register. The NHS Blood and Transplant service says that 18m million people (close to 30% of the UK’s population) have registered to donate after they die. The figures also showed widely varying donor registration rates in different parts of the UK, with Scotland leading the way on 37%.
National Transplant Week is on 4 – 10 July 2011 and you can join the debate about organ donation and the opt-out system in the British Heart Foundation’s new online community.
BIG: BIG Fund, the non-Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund (BIG), has launched its call for proposals from social investment intermediary organisations that want to increase their capability with a share of £5m from dormant bank accounts.
The £5m Big Society Investment Fund will invest funds from dormant bank accounts in England into social investment intermediaries while the Big Society Bank is being set up. Delivered by the BIG Fund, the Fund will ‘help build a dynamic social investment market that provides robust financial products to better support frontline social sector organisations’.
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