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Team Alexis Rose has already raised £200,000 to fight meningitis and has no plans to stop anytime soon

9-year-old Cormac has decided its his turn to give something back and help others affected by meningitis

We’ve published our latest annual report for the year ending March 2022

Get your hands on a Manchester United signed shirt (signed by many of the 2022/23 squad including Cristiano Ronaldo) and support Meningitis Now

Recently, Turtle Tots have raised an amazing £36,000 for our lifesaving and life-changing activities.

Two students with family experiences of meningitis, have successfully presented to the whole school assembly of around 900 people to have Meningitis Now selected as Charity of the Year

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