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This week, 1 - 7 June, is National Volunteers' Week; the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate and thank our volunteers for everything that they do to support us

Three members of one of Meningitis Now’s supporter families ran together in the London Parks Vitality 10k on bank holiday Monday – and between them raised a fantastic £2,800

Meningitis Now's Meningitis Awareness Recognition Mark for childcare providers has now got nearly 500 registrations!

Read our volunteering news from May 2019

The superstar youngster swam 60 lengths for our brand new Splash Now event, to raise money in memory of his uncle

Whatever you’re doing I’m sure you’ll join with Meningitis Now in wishing everybody taking part for Team Tangerine in the London 10K the best of luck on the day

A team of researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester showed that a campus-based vaccination campaign was successful in ensuring almost 75% of students were immunised against MenACWY

We’ve still got a few places available for this year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, why not fundraise for Meningitis Now while cycling to glory?

Make a Splash for Meningitis Now with our brand new fundraising event

Meningitis Now is supporting this University of Northampton and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust project – Before Arrival at Hospital: Factors affecting timing of admission to hospital for children with serious infectious illness

Meningitis Now superstar Tilly, who is one of 100 artists taking part in the Haslemere Hound project this year, has created her very own Bionic Hero Hound

Lucy, the daughter of Meningitis Now's president Andrew Harvey, shares her experience of being part of this year's London Marathon Team Tangerine

Meningitis Now welcomes news that a GP alert system has been activated that could potentially protect the lives of millions of young adults at risk of meningitis

Meningitis Now supporter Nick Gilbert, who owes his life to the kindness of a stranger after he became ill with meningitis on a night out, is taking on a fundraising running challenge to say thank you for his recovery

Meningtis Now welcome a landmark clinical trial aiming to improve the prevention of potentially life-threatening infection caused by group B Streptococcus in newborn babies in the UK

With collection tin in hand, Betsy the Banana has completed her challenge of walking across Bristol in full costume. Here's how she got on...

Marathon Kayaker has who has just completed a 125-mile course has raised a fantastic £2000+ for Meningitis Now

Dedicated cyclist and fundraiser Paul is going all out to raise money for Meningitis Now after close friend Tes' viral meningitis diagnosis

Make a note of the date for Meningitis Now's Five Valleys Walk this year – it’s Sunday 29 September. Tickets will be on sale in early June.

This Viral Awareness Week (6-12 May 2019), Meningitis Now are calling on our supporters to help us make viral meningitis visible