What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a serious condition where your blood glucose level is too high. It can happen when your body doesn’t produce enough insulin or the insulin it produces isn’t effective, or when your body can’t produce any insulin at all.
Leave a legacy of hope for diabetes
The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) Limited is a not-for-profit registered health promotion charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and is dedicated to improving the welfare of people with diabetes through the promotion of quality clinical care and the support of diabetes research.
The ADS mission is to prevent diabetes and its complications; provide excellence in education for health professionals; promote collaboration, research and education; work with other organisations committed to improved diabetes treatment and care and advocate for health policies around diabetes and its prevention.
How to leave a gift in your will to the Australian Diabetes Society
Donating in memory of a loved one will provide vital support for diabetes research in Australia to improve the lives of people living with all types of diabetes. There are many ways to leave a gift in your will, and it’s important to find the one that’s right for you. Your gift will be acknowledged by the Australian Diabetes Society to the next of kin of the person whose memory you are honouring.
The following is a sample of the kind of wording that may be suitable for potential bequests by donors:
“I bequeath to the Australian Diabetes Society Limited (ABN 13 053 787 965) presently of 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000, (a specified sum, or specified items, or the residue/percentage of my estate), for the purposes that it shall determine, and this bequest will be free from all duties. I declare that the receipt of this bequest of the proper officer (Chief Executive Officer or Company Secretary) by the Australian Diabetes Society Limited shall form valid and sufficient discharge to my executor/s.”
Please contact the ADS Secretariat via email to admin@diabetessociety.com.au for enquiries.
How donation funds are to be used
The Australian Diabetes Society offers each year a broad number of awards, grants and fellowships for its members to apply. Each of these have a specific criteria and is open to either clinical or scientific researchers. Each applicant is reviewed and must fit within the eligibility criteria to be considered for that special award, grant or fellowship. The project applications are then sent to a review panel consisting of ADS National Council members and external expert reviewers. Any member on the reviewing panel who has a conflict of interest with an applicant/s must be declared. Applications are then graded according to the reviewers scores or rankings. Applicants are then advised of the final outcome. Acknowledgement of the awardee is then communicated to the membership in the ADS newsletter. The recipient must acknowledge the ADS in any research project publication and may be required to present their research findings at the following Australasian Diabetes Congress (ADC). Funding is incredibly vital to assist ongoing diabetes research by our scientists and clinical researchers to help find a cure of this chronic condition.
Make a donation to the Australian Diabtes Society
The Australian Diabetes Society gratefully thanks you for considering making a donation to support the objectives of the Society.
Every donation, large and small, is deeply appreciated and helps us achieve our mission.
Your donation will help fund the most promising research to improve the lives of people with all types of diabetes. You can help us to continue this important work by donating or leaving a bequest to the Australian Diabetes Society. Your generosity will help us make a lasting difference to people living with diabetes. All donation funds received is fully allocated towards diabetes research and no administration fee is absorbed by the society.
The Australian Diabetes Society Limited (ABN 13 053 787 965) is a Deductible Gift Recipient entity recognised by the Australian Taxation Office. All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. Please contact the Australian Diabetes Society Secretariat for further information via email to admin@diabetessociety.com.
