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Turn the clock back one year and the then 18-year-old from Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway was seriously ill with meningitis

It's Volunteers’ Week, an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people across the UK make through volunteering

Make a note of the date for our Five Valleys Walk this year – it’s Sunday 24 September – and join us if you can for our flagship sponsored walk. Tickets for the event are now on sale

Tilly Lockey made a miraculous recovery from having both hands amputated as a baby. Her Mum, Sarah, was by Tilly’s side through it all.

Trustee and keen sportsman Stephen Sutcliffe will take on not one but two epic challenges for Meningitis Now this year

In memory of her son, mum Donna Murton, 52, from Selby in North Yorkshire, has taken to the skies and undertaken a skydive to raise awareness of meningitis

For teenager Tilly Lockey losing both hands was not the tragedy people might assume. But other’s perception of her affected her confidence growing up.

During our annual Viral Meningitis Week, we focus attention on the viral form of the disease.

Deaf Awareness Week is an annual campaign which promotes the positivity of living with deafness. Meningitis Now supports many amazing people living with hearing loss due to meningitis

Friends Daniel and Calum to run the London Marathon in memory of baby Calvin who died from meningitis

A new national survey has found the disease that most concerns parents is meningitis.

Diving into the North Sea in the middle of winter isn’t the most appealing prospect, but thanks to our Rebuilding Futures Fund, it just became a little more tempting for top surfer Jade

Kieran and Lilly, from Bridgewater, will run the London marathon for Meningitis Now to honour their friend Josh Vickery, who died of meningitis at just 40

Archie and Finn, managed to make it all the way from the Scottish capital to Tenerife in the Canary Islands, raising awareness of meningitis

Bristol and Avon Group have exceeded their £100,000 fundraising target to support essential meningitis research

By organising a Toddle Waddle this Spring you can help us raise essential funds to support children, their families, and adults who have experienced meningitis.

Supporting local communities remains core to Renishaw’s ethos, and Meningitis Now is grateful to have benefited from this giving spirit.

Lisa Snowdon has teamed up with the Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge to serve up her “Double Trouble Truffle Burger” which will help raise vital funds for our work.

Our irrepressible Junior Ambassador Harmonie-Rose has been at the heart of further fundraising activity for us recently

Thomas will mark the amazing milestone of running twenty marathons when he attends the London Marathon 2023