News stories

Make a note of the date for our Five Valleys Walk this year – it’s Sunday 24 September – and join us if you can for our flagship sponsored walk. Tickets for the event are now on sale

Trustee and keen sportsman Stephen Sutcliffe will take on not one but two epic challenges for Meningitis Now this year

In memory of her son, mum Donna Murton, 52, from Selby in North Yorkshire, has taken to the skies and undertaken a skydive to raise awareness of meningitis

Friends Daniel and Calum to run the London Marathon in memory of baby Calvin who died from meningitis

Kieran and Lilly, from Bridgewater, will run the London marathon for Meningitis Now to honour their friend Josh Vickery, who died of meningitis at just 40

Archie and Finn, managed to make it all the way from the Scottish capital to Tenerife in the Canary Islands, raising awareness of meningitis

Bristol and Avon Group have exceeded their £100,000 fundraising target to support essential meningitis research

By organising a Toddle Waddle this Spring you can help us raise essential funds to support children, their families, and adults who have experienced meningitis.

Supporting local communities remains core to Renishaw’s ethos, and Meningitis Now is grateful to have benefited from this giving spirit.

Lisa Snowdon has teamed up with the Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge to serve up her “Double Trouble Truffle Burger” which will help raise vital funds for our work.

Our irrepressible Junior Ambassador Harmonie-Rose has been at the heart of further fundraising activity for us recently

Thomas will mark the amazing milestone of running twenty marathons when he attends the London Marathon 2023

Jodie’s son, Corey, nearly died after contracting meningococcal septicaemia meningitis in 1996. Since then, Jodie and her husband Rick have been determined to raise money for the charity Meningitis Now to help raise awareness

Dr Tom Nutt, our CEO, will be running the London marathon in April he is currently training hard in any spare time he has, even after dark

Ted first encountered Meningitis Now back in Summer 2018 when he was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis (MenB), 5-years on he takes on the London Marathon for Meningitis Now

Former Shrewsbury school students Nick Argyle and Louis Graham are running 187 miles, the equivalent distance between Shrewsbury and Newcastle, in February to honour their friend Jago’s who died from meningitis

Thankfully, there is a very real sense now that we have returned to ‘normality’ at Meningitis Now, whilst recognising there are still real challenges ahead of us

Our Lake District Challenge takes on the eight peaks in the national park that rise above 3,000 feet, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England

The best part of the story is that Michael has donated the proceeds from book sales to us towards our lifesaving and life-changing work

Team Alexis Rose has already raised £200,000 to fight meningitis and has no plans to stop anytime soon