News stories

Jade is set to become the youngest ever athlete to compete in the World Para Surf Championships in California next month. She lost her limbs aged just 2 after contracting meningococcal septicaemia

Community Ambassador Anne Cadden and her friend Cathy Murphy recently organised a fundraising evening to mark what would have been their children’s 40th birthdays, raising a fabulous £6,015.29

Jasmine Ambrose-Brown, from south London, will be braving the shave to mark 10 years since she recovered from meningococcal septicaemia and menW

A new digital campaign, launched by Meningitis Now, Meningitis Research Foundation, A Life for A Cure, the NHS, the UK Health Security Agency and GlaxoSmithKline has been launched

At the end of March 2023, Steve Dayman will leave Meningitis Now at the culmination of Spencer’s Legacy: nobody left behind

A heartbroken family who lost their baby son to deadly pneumococcal meningitis have launched our annual Christmas Ribbon Appeal today

We’re holding our annual Christmas Celebration Concert in the magnificent setting of Gloucester Cathedral on Friday 2 December – and everyone is invited

We’re excited to announce that our new range of Meningitis Now Christmas cards is now on sale

Quadruple amputee and meningitis survivor Harmonie-Rose has teamed up with private prosthetic rehabilitation provider, Dorset Orthopaedic and manufacturer Ottobock to become the world’s youngest bilateral amputee to wear microprocessor knees.

We’re warning people to stay vigilant to the signs and symptoms of meningitis as cases of the deadly bacterial form of the disease peak during the winter months

We’ve welcomed the publication of research findings from a large-scale study that examined the impact of the UK’s MenACWY vaccination programme

Big-hearted supporter Rajinder is organising a charity ball for Meningitis Now, to help fight back against the devastating disease which nearly took his life

What better way to join the race to #DefeatMeningitis – the theme for this year’s World Meningitis Day which takes place today (Wednesday 5 October) – than to take on the iconic London Marathon, which took place last weekend

Congratulations to supporter Kim, who has completed the Inca Trail Marathon - apparently the most difficult in the world - after losing her toes to meningitis as a teenager

This World Meningitis Day there is hope. For the first time, there is a global action plan to defeat meningitis, with the landmark launch of the World Health Organization’s Global Road Map to Defeat Meningitis by 2030

Ben, who sadly lost his 8-year-old son Harry to pneumococcal meningitis in 2015, has been supporting us since then with a Forever Fund in his memory. During his recent visit he presented us with a cheque for £18,000, raised at a golf day

Huge congratulations to our Celebrity Ambassador Rosie Galligan, who has been named in the England Red Roses rugby squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup

It was a lovely, bright autumn day and perfect conditions for a walk. And clearly many of you agreed, with over 600 signing up in advance and hundreds more turning up on the day to take part in our Five Valleys Walk

Our good friends at Renishaw – who always generously support and sponsor our Five Valleys Walk have gone a step further this year and for the first time put together a team to take on the challenging 21-mile walk

We’re after your help please to be part of an important national survey, which we hope will help to improve the aftercare and support provided to people who have been diagnosed with meningitis and have spent time in hospital