Jelly babies save lives – and so can you!

Each May JDRF celebrates Jelly Baby Month, with cute Jelly Baby themed merchandise appearing in stores, schools, shopping centres and workplaces across Australia. Jelly Baby Month is an easy and fun way to get involved in helping to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications. Last year Jelly Baby Month raised over $858,000 for diabetes research. This year Jelly Baby Month is celebrating its 10th birthday and, with your help, we’re hoping to mark the occasion by raising over $1million!

You can get involved in Jelly Baby Month either through your school, as a volunteer or by purchasing Jelly Baby merchandise through one of our retail supporters including: Woolworths or Safeway supermarkets, Amcal Pharmacies or buy directly through our online store.

Jelly Baby Day

Get your school involved by arranging a fun and educational Jelly Baby Day in May to increase awareness of type 1 diabetes amongst the school community and raise money for vital research.

There are lots of different ways you and your school can participate.  You can pick one or a combination of the ideas from the suggestions below or come up with your own fun way to celebrate Jelly Baby Day.

1. Have a non-uniform day (dress in Jelly Baby colours) for a gold coin donation
2. Hold a stall to sell Jelly Baby merchandise or confectionary
3. Hold a special assembly to talk about type 1 diabetes
4. Get your school involved in a colouring-in competition.

Things to help you

It’s easy to make Jelly Baby Day at your school a fun and educational experience for staff and students.  Click on the links below to access some ready-made resources to assist you:

Jelly Baby Day Invitation Letter 

School Assembly Speech Example 2

Colouring-in Competition Sheet Example 1

Colouring-in Competition Sheet Example 2

Fact Sheets

Jelly Baby Poster

How can I get involved?

For more information on how to get your school involved please call or email your local JDRF office or Jelly Baby Month coordinator in your state. Their contact information can be found here

Get involved in Jelly Baby Month

Volunteering to help sell Jelly Baby merchandise or confectionary during May is a great way to raise money for diabetes research - each item you sell brings us closer to a cure. 

Volunteers are vital to the success of the campaign and there are many different ways you can help. Pick one or more ideas that best suit you:

For more information on how to get involved please call or email your local JDRF office or the Jelly Baby Month Coordinator in your state. Their contact information can be found here.

The 2008 Jelly Baby merchandise range available this May through volunteers

For more information on how you can get involved please contact the relevant person in your state:

Canberra - Jessica Fredin on (02) 6249 8555 jfredin@jdrf.org.au  or for volunteer opportunities call Diana Trionfi on 0413 384 845

New South Wales - Louise Brunker on (02) 9966 0400 or lbrunker@jdrf.org.au

Queensland - Georgina Duncan on (07) 3221 1400 or gduncan@jdrf.org.au

South Australia- Tamara Staples on (08) 8338 3677 or tstaples@jdrf.org.au

Victoria & Tasmania – Fiona Ryan on (03) 9727 3992 or kfryan@bigpond.net.au

Western Australia - Jessica Watkins on (08) 9328 4056 or jwatkins@jdrf.org.au