Running the diabetes service enables you to provide brief healthy living advice; self-help literature to educate customers and also signpost to further support organisations at a local or national level to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Below you will find some suggested starters to help you recruit customers onto the diabetes service.

You can recruit for this service opportunistically and by making every contact count such as:

• A waiting customer
• Leaving self-help literature in store
• If you have a prominent health promotion zone in place – Click here for a downloadable guide to setting up your HPZ.
• You might consider leading a community event
• Increase awareness by promoting this on your website or social media