Here’s a quick roundup of just some of the recent activity and plans for 2026. A big thank you goes out to all the companies and individuals who have been involved.
Thank you to Karen Calverley, from the Stewarts Law team, who took part in the Victoria Park 10k run at the start of February, raising £1,031 towards our work – we are very grateful to her and all the team at Stewarts for their amazing support.
A special thank you goes to the team at Caroline Gardner Publishing for their generous donation of £10,716.50, raised through the sale of their charity Christmas card range. This takes their total donations raised for Meningitis Now to a staggering £303,834.88 – amazing! Caroline and her husband, Angus, have recently become charity Patrons – read more about this here.
Hair dyed pink
The team at BNI have committed to raising £8,000 for us throughout 2026. Their Area Director is going to have his hair dyed pink in time for their National Conference in June, and at least three team members are signing up to take on a Ben Nevis challenge in July, alongside at least four further fundraising events during the year.
RedKite Solicitors have very kindly agreed to sponsor the renewal of our Remembrance Garden and the launch party that will follow in June. They will be making a donation of £2,000. Read more about our garden here.
Acacium Group have signed their team up to take on the Windsor 25k challenge this April, in memory of their colleague, Andy Tibbs. The team took part in the 2025 London Landmarks Half Marathon, raising over £9,000.
New partners
A big thank you, too, to the following companies, who have come on board as new partners for 2026 and beyond: Randall & Payne, Quayside Wealth Management, Clear Future Financial Planners, Naylor Powell, Orama Solutions, and Parmenion.
And finally, thank you to Stonehouse Milk, just down the road from our Stroud Head Office, who have been raising vital funds for us through the sales of their milk between December and February. The company are donating 5p from the sale of every litre of milk.
Laura Williams, our Corporate Fundraising Manager, said:
“Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in supporting our work already this year, and those who will be engaged later in the year. We are always excited to work with all our corporate partners and look forward to hearing all about their plans.
Partnership opportunities
If your company would like to be involved in our work this year, we still have a number of partnership opportunities coming up that we’d love to have your support on.
These include:
- Stories of Hope exhibition
- Our Lantern Memory Walk
- ...And our ever-popular Five Valleys Walk, which will take place on Sunday 27 September – get the date in your diary - tickets will be available soon.
Please contact Laura in our partnerships team for more information on these opportunities.
