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  • Meningitis Now welcome new strategy for Acquired Brain Injury

    Meningitis Now Online Support Events 2021 LB - Acquired Brain Injury
    The new strategy for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), which can be an after-effect of meningitis, will make a big difference to everyone affected who needs support
    Meningitis Now staff member Andy Hopkinson Andy Hopkinson 7th December 2021
  • My non-visual struggles: Ami's after-effects of meningitis

    Ami's non-visual after-effects of meningitis
    Since bacterial meningitis affected her hearing aged 2, Ami has been driven to succeed in everything she was told she wouldn't be able to accomplish
    Meningitis Now staff member Andy Hopkinson Andy Hopkinson 28th August 2021
  • Fenella's freefall fundraising flight for Meningitis Now

    Fenella fundraising skydive for Meningitis Now
    Inspired by an early memory of making her younger sister 'fly', Fenella recently jumped out of a perfectly good plane to raise money in her memory
    Meningitis Now staff member Rachel Oakley Rachel Oakley 23rd September 2020
  • Reaching the peak for Parker after pneumococcal meningitis

    Reaching the peak to fundraise for Parker after pneumococcal meningitis
    A team from BT Local Business Stoke are taking on an epic mountain climb to raise money for Parker, a young boy left with debilitating after-effects of pneumococcal meningitis
    Meningitis Now staff member Rachel Oakley Rachel Oakley 8th September 2020

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