News stories

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

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

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

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

It was a lovely, bright autumn day and perfect conditions for a walk. And clearly many of you agreed, with over 600 signing up in advance and hundreds more turning up on the day to take part in our Five Valleys Walk

Our good friends at Renishaw – who always generously support and sponsor our Five Valleys Walk have gone a step further this year and for the first time put together a team to take on the challenging 21-mile walk

On Saturday 17 September, Bridgwater Cricket Club are hosting a Family Fun Day, including cheering a team of long-distance cyclists over the finish line, all to raise funds in memory of friend and father Josh

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

A celebratory reception marked the end of a gruelling 100-mile fundraising challenge, set up by our good friends at The Worshipful Company of Butchers

A team of teachers from North Yorkshire, who were amongst 87 other teams racing in the Knaresborough Bed Race, have raised over £1,000 for Meningitis Now in memory of friend and colleague Sarah

Kick off your Christmas celebrations early this year, with a tour of Germany and its Christmas markets - organised by supporter Sylvia, whose husband Len has had meningitis twice

Our founder Steve Dayman was fourth to cross flaming hot coals at a firewalk fundraiser in Durham, held in memory of supporters Jo and Steve's daughter Primrose

After two years of disruption, we're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the Five Valleys Walk, on Sunday 25 September!

Good luck to April Prendergast, who is running the Edinburgh Marathon at the end of May in memory of goddaughter Clara, who died of meningitis in 2010

A Fife woman is taking on the Edinburgh Half Marathon later this month in memory of her younger brother and to fight back against meningitis, the disease that took his life