News stories

We were delighted to welcome music artist, former Love Island contestant and meningitis survivor Jack Fowler to our Believe & Achieve escape room challenge in London this weekend

Good luck to April Prendergast, who is running the Edinburgh Marathon at the end of May in memory of goddaughter Clara, who died of meningitis in 2010

A Fife woman is taking on the Edinburgh Half Marathon later this month in memory of her younger brother and to fight back against meningitis, the disease that took his life

Launched in March, the Government's call for evidence to help improve services for people living with acquired brain injury runs until Monday 6 June

Today - 12 May - is International Nurses Day, and a perfect time to highlight the incredible range of support that our nurse-led Helpline provides to people affected by, or with questions about, meningitis

Enable, the UK's leading disability and lifestyle magazine, have taken a look at our Rebuilding Futures Fund and just two of the people we've helped

Believe & Achieve peer mentor Cat has shared her helpful advice for anyone facing exams in the coming months

Accompanied by his Pomeranian Mickey, Keith is setting off on a huge challenge for Meningitis Now in May, climbing Scafell Pike ten times in a row in memory of George Moore

From 2-8 May 2022 we're urging people to be #VocalAboutViral during our annual Viral Meningitis Week, and raise awareness of this often underestimated form of the disease

Katy Tyler will be hosting a ball next Saturday (7 May) at The View in Welwyn Garden City to raise funds and awareness for Meningitis Now

This week is World Immunisation Week, highlighting the action needed and vaccines available to protect people of all ages against diseases including meningitis

Launched today, Spencer's Legacy: Nobody Left Behind aims to beat meningitis within a generation, in memory of Spencer Dayman

Meningitis Now's CEO Dr Tom Nutt urges ITV's Loose Women to reflect on whether a "thoughtless and disappointing" comment made about meningitis should go unchallenged

What a cracking job! Wigan schoolboy Archie, who lives with after-effects of MenB meningitis, has donated hundreds of Easter eggs to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital over the last few years

18-year-old Josie, daughter of Jay Aston, is currently undergoing treatment for bacterial meningitis after her entire body was covered in a rash

"Never judge a book by its cover" - especially as this collection of books, kindly left to us in a legacy, recently raised over £1,000 at auction

Inspired by the heart-breaking experience of nearly losing her daughter to bacterial meningitis, Leanne is taking on a huge 26.2-mile challenge to help raise money for us as a charity close to her heart

Eleven young people and their parents and carers joined us at the stunning Calvert Trust Lakes outdoor centre last month, for our latest 11-18 residential weekend

Led by our Scottish Community Ambassador James, a big-hearted team of Meningitis Warriors are taking on The Mighty Stride and Big Stroll for us in April

On the May Bank Holiday, Kathleen will be publicly shaving her head to say thank you for all of the support she's received since son Stanley recovered from MenB meningitis