Diabetes UK event at Crawley Mosque urges people to learn their risk of Type 2 diabetes

Crawley Mosque will be holding a diabetes awareness event.

Diabetes UK is running an event at Crawley Mosque on Friday, July 19 to help people find out about the risks of Type 2 diabetes, and ways to minimise their chances of developing it.

The free event is open to everyone, however because Type 2 diabetes is two to four times more likely in people of South Asian, African-Caribbean, and Black African descent people of these ethnicities are especially encouraged to attend.

Chairman of the mosque and lay member for Patient and Public Engagement at Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group, Arif Syed, said: “I invited Diabetes UK to come along to the mosque to hold the event in order to raise awareness about diabetes among the local community.