Educational Programs

Diabetes Victoria delivers a range of FREE group education workshops face to face and online. You’ll learn practical skills that help improve your diabetes management.

Diabetes Victoria is running carb counting workshops for adults with type 1 diabetes in different locations across Melbourne. Expert diabetes dietitians from Diabetes Victoria will use real-life examples to teach you practical skills to accurately count carbohydrates.

OzDAFNE is a group program for adults with type 1 diabetes. It is a way of managing type 1 diabetes by working out how much insulin is needed for the amount of carbohydrate eaten.

DESMOND – Diabetes Education and Self-Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed. The DESMOND Program is an education tool designed to support people living with type 2 diabetes.

MyDESMOND empowers you to confidently self-manage your type 2 diabetes in a way that suits your lifestyle. Supporting you to self-manage your diabetes.

Living Well with Diabetes is a popular event series delivered across Victoria with presentations on topics like nutrition, exercise and emotional health. Come along and connect with a community of support – you will have the opportunity to interact with exhibitors, speakers, local health services and health professionals.

Every day, over 90 Victorians develop diabetes, making it the fastest growing chronic condition in our state. Of those, almost 90% have type 2 diabetes. Life!, as the largest free prevention program of its kind in Australia, has a unique opportunity to reduce this number.

Life! is a FREE program that gives you the skills to improve your nutrition, increase your physical activity and manage stress. Living a healthier life also helps you reduce your risk of of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke.