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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

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

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

An East Lancashire mum is raising awareness of meningitis, after the bacterial form of the disease left her son with long-term after-effects

Good luck to Alan, Kirsteen, Lana and Peter from Team Alexis Rose, who take on the 96-mile West Highland Way this weekend to raise money in memory of Alan's daughter, Alexis Rose

Lisa Snowdon, Tilly Lockey and Dyslexic Dayna are among celebrities supporting our campaign to ‘look out for your mates’ and raise awareness of meningitis for those heading off to uni this autumn

Students are being urged to 'look out for your mates', as the return to university presents the ideal opportunity for infectious diseases, including meningitis, to spread

The JCVI announce changes to the NHS routine immunisation schedule

Believe & Achiever Erin shares her own insight and experience of her first year of uni, having lived with after-effects of meningitis since the age of 8

The largest study of adult patients with meningitis in the UK has demonstrated that clinical care for patients is not in line with current evidence-based national guidelines