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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is a complex illness involving many self-care activities including regular blood glucose monitoring (BGM), management of diet, regular exercise, insulin administration and adjustment, and management of hypoglycaemia. The responsibility of diabetes management falls largely to the patient and their family, presenting a considerable burden in day-today life. Children and young people with T1DM have referred to the “constant interruptions” to their daily life caused by diabetes and its treatment [1]. For children and adolescents with T1DM, this burden of self-care manifests in balancing the need to check blood glucose levels during school and whilst playing, having to carry equipment at all times, considering dietary restrictions and administering insulin injections, facing social pressures and not being considered ‘normal’by peers, and dealing with changes in family dynamics or conflict …