British born Tony Kelly was raised in Jamaica and returned to England in 1979 living in Birmingham with his family ever since. For nearly 8 years Tony had been a Diabetes UK Community Champion Volunteer devoting his time educating all communities in Britain and further afield about health and well-being in relation to diabetes, a medical condition which runs in his family.
Tony is in demand for radio and television interviews about type 2 diabetes and running workshops/seminars as well as being a diabetes Patient Lead for the National Health Service, Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group.
On average he does 140 diabetes community events per year in Britain and in 2019 did a staggering 195 community engagements.
