

Support during Coronavirus: Coronavirus and Diabetes
More than €1.9 million (£1.6 million) of European funding (from the European Regional Development Fund) has been secured by a cross-border partnership to develop a pan-European approach to tackling Type 2 diabetes.
Called DWELL (Diabetes and WELLbeing) this initiative involves eight partners from the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. (See below for partner details).
The programme will enable 1000 patients in these countries with Type 2 diabetes to access tailored support, empowering them to self-manage their condition and improve their wellbeing.
As a result of improving patients’ long-term health and wellbeing, it is estimated the project will see a per person reduction to state funded health services per year – anticipated to save €1.25 million (£1.09 million) per 1000 patients per year.
Latest news
“DWELL: Offering Renewed Hope to Long-standing T2D Patients” Click here to read the MedScape article in full.
280 people have already been through the DWELL 12 week programme. Here are some of the experiences and thoughts of those participants:
“I think if I’d have had [DWELL] when I was on the borderline of being diabetic, I wouldn’t have ended up being diabetic.”
“We’ve done other things in the past and nothing’s really hit home. But this course…has been absolutely brilliant.”
A new video was created in 2019 in honour of the Interreg 2Seas mid-term event, showcasing how DWELL is already changing lives. It is available on
DWELL patient ambassadors have now taken part in two cross border meetings, the first in Gillingham in November 2018 and the second in Breda in May 2019! Both were very well received and the patient ambassadors enjoyed the opportunity to speak to those from the other countries and share their experiences of DWELL and being a patient ambassador. We all enjoyed a leisurely bike ride in Breda too!
