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Emily was diagnosed with meningitis as a baby but thankfully made an excellent recovery. Now, to raise funds and awareness, she's taking on the London Marathon

A cheeky calendar featuring rugby players of Old Rishworthians has raised £1,600 for Meningitis Now, after one of their team members passed away in 2018

Rugby-mad dad and Meningitis Now Trustee Rod is urging supporters to join him in celebrating his late little boy's life at this Saturday's Wasps match

Our Community Fundraising Assistant Harvey explains why Splash Now is great for everyone, regardless of age and ability

Tickets are available now for the choir's 50th anniversary charity concerts, with proceeds from one of the special evenings being donated to Meningitis Now

Along with sister Roisin and friend Linda, Josephine Bush will be following in the footsteps of a legendary Norwegian explorer to help raise funds to eradicate meningitis

A Torfaen dad is amongst our team taking on the Great North Run, after his daughter Seren contracted life-threatening bacterial meningitis

Thanks to the generosity of Gallagher Premiership rugby team Wasps, we’ve been invited to raise awareness and funds when they take on our local team and high-flying rivals Gloucester

Alongside sister Angela, Karl took on the 100 mile ride in 2019 after losing his granddaughter Florence to meningitis

Along with three friends and her boyfriend, Paris cycled from London to Paris to fundraise in celebration of her daughter's recovery from the disease

Induced Euphoria raised an amazing £2,400 for Meningitis Now by selling 180 of the sweatshirts that were designed to honour 21-year-old Graham Ward, who died in November of MenB

After our first batch of places in the Kew Gardens 10k were snapped up, we added some more - and we want you to join the team!

Swimmers from Simply Swimming raised £1,000 for Meningitis Now by swimming the equivalent distance of crossing the English Channel three times

Hannah has had her sights set on the world's biggest half marathon since contracting pneumococcal meningitis at 5 years old; and this year she's running for #TeamTangerine

Duncan is attempting to break a World Record after his teammate's son sadly died of meningitis. He will be running the London Marathon 2020 in full rugby kit, in under 3 hours 14 minutes

Fundraiser Charley asked friends and family to set her a new challenge for each week in 2019, and raised over £1,000 for Meningitis Now!

Laura is taking on the Great North Run after her 4-month-old son Lennon became ill with pneumococcal meningitis in July 2018. Thankfully, the plucky youngster went on to make a good recovery from the disease.

Meningitis Now staff member Crissy, one of our resident exercise fanatics, has some great tips for sticking to a training plan - even while you're taking a break!

In a display of strength and determination, Adrian has lost nearly 7 stone since 2015, and is using his new-found love of running to support his local charity