SHG Blue hearts Champion
In November: SHG Diabetes in Schools — Blue Hearts Champions Campaign
💙 BLUE HEARTS CHAMPIONS
Helping Schools Understand Diabetes. Supporting Students. Building a Diabetes-Aware Community.
SHG Diabetes Education is launching the Blue Hearts Champions Campaign to bring diabetes awareness into schools and create safer, more inclusive and informed school communities.
Diabetes can affect children, young people, parents, siblings, teachers and families. For students living with diabetes, school should be a place where they feel safe, supported, included and understood.
Our vision is simple:
💙 Every school can become a Blue Hearts Champion.
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🌎 Why Diabetes Awareness in Schools Matters
Diabetes doesn't stop at the school gate.
Students living with Type 1 diabetes may need to:
- Monitor glucose levels during the school day
- Respond to high or low glucose levels
- Carry diabetes supplies
- Manage insulin
- Eat or drink to treat hypoglycaemia
- Participate safely in sport and physical activity
- Manage diabetes during excursions, camps and school events
Understanding diabetes helps remove fear, stigma and misconceptions.
Knowledge creates confidence.
Understanding creates inclusion.
Awareness creates safer schools.
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💙 Become a Blue Hearts Champion School
SHG Diabetes Education invites schools to join our campaign and show their support for students and families affected by diabetes.
A Blue Hearts Champion School can participate in simple, meaningful activities throughout the year.
💙 Wear Blue
Choose a day for students, staff and families to wear blue to show support for people living with diabetes.
💙 Blue Heart Wall
Create a school display featuring blue hearts.
Each heart can represent:
“I support diabetes awareness.”
💙 Learn About Diabetes
Introduce age-appropriate diabetes education through classroom activities, assemblies or wellbeing programs.
💙 Blue Heart Colouring
Students can colour and decorate their own blue hearts and display them around the school.
💙 Blue Hearts Champions
Recognise students, teachers, support staff or families who demonstrate kindness, inclusion and understanding towards someone living with diabetes.
💙 Fundraise for Diabetes Awareness
Schools can choose to make an optional donation to support the SHG Blue Hearts for Diabetes initiative.
Every contribution helps support diabetes awareness, education and community engagement.
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🩵 What Does Being a Blue Hearts Champion Mean?
It means saying:
“I see you.”
“I support you.”
“I want to understand.”
“You belong here.”
A Blue Hearts Champion understands that diabetes is more than a medical condition.
Behind every diagnosis is a child, parent, sibling, teacher, friend or family navigating life with diabetes.
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💙 Our School Promise
As a Blue Hearts Champion School, we aim to:
Understand diabetes.
Support inclusion.
Reduce stigma.
Promote safety.
Celebrate our diabetes community.
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💙 Blue Hearts School Challenge
Schools can take the challenge further by completing:
- 💙 Create a Blue Hearts display
- 💙 Hold a Wear Blue Day for $1
- 💙 Complete a diabetes awareness activity
- 💙 Share diabetes education with families
- 💙 Recognise your Blue Hearts Champions
- 💙 Support the SHG Blue Hearts for Diabetes initiative
How many hearts can your school create?
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💙 Together We Can Make a Difference
SHG Diabetes Education believes that education is one of the most powerful tools we have to create understanding.
We want children to grow up knowing that diabetes is nothing to fear, nothing to be ashamed of and never a reason for someone to feel different or excluded.
Let's create schools where every child affected by diabetes knows:
“You are supported. You are understood. You belong.”
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💙 Become a Blue Hearts Champion School
SHG Diabetes Education
📧 salubrityhealthgroup@outlook.com.au
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💙 Blue Hearts for Diabetes
Educate • Understand • Support • Include
Join the movement.
Create your hearts.
Become a Blue Hearts Champion.
Donate: https://bluearmy.breakthrought1d.org.au/fundraisers/bronwynnewman
Kind regards,
Bronwyn Newman Registered Nurse, Credentialled Diabetes Educator.
Director of SHG Diabetes Education.
15 blue heart with 15 names.