News & Stories
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Students smash their fundraising target
Students and staff from King Edward VI School (KES) – William Shakespeare’s school in Stratford-upon-Avon – have raised an amazing £26,000 towards our ongoing work after we were selected as their Charity of the Year.
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Terrie D’s story
Terrie from Bedfordshire was on holiday when she became unwell. After flying home her condition became worse and she was later diagnosed with viral meningitis. She shares her story.
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A fond farewell
Our Director of Information and Support, Beverley Corbett, is leaving us after seven years of helping our fight to defeat meningitis and provide support to those impacted by the disease. While Bev is stepping away from her role she will always remain a huge supporter of Meningitis Now and the work we do. She shares a heartfelt goodbye here.
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Our moving and uplifting concert in Gloucester Cathedral
We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas Concert in the beautiful setting of Gloucester Cathedral last week.
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Dom’s Atlantic Coast Challenge
This October Dom ran three marathons in three days as part of the Atlantic Coast Challenge. He completed this challenge to raise money in memory of his cousin Emily who sadly died from meningitis in 2014. He has raised an incredible £1,071 which will go towards those impacted by meningitis. Dom shares his story below.
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Squats save Lives
The Facebook Fundraising Challenge is on. This year we are challenging supporters to do 100 squats a day in January to show their support and raise vital funds for Meningitis Now. Raise £100 and you’ll receive your very own Squats Save Lives medal!
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Raising meningitis awareness through 12 days of Christmas
Team Alexis Rose are working with Stirling University's Sports Union to raise awareness of meningitis amongst students. Themed around the “12 days of Christmas”, every day a student will share a meningitis fact.
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Meningitis Now welcomes the decline of meningococcal disease but stresses there is more work to be done
Meningitis Now is welcoming the news that the MenACWY vaccination programme is having a positive impact on the number of cases.
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Lisa cooking up a fundraising treat
Our wonderful President, television presenter and fashion model Lisa Snowdon, has joined forces with top chef Jack Stein for a tasty fundraising treat.
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Stories
Vanessa and Lloyld’s story
Vanessa’s son Lloyld had meningitis as a baby and the after-effects made school difficult for him, giving him a lot of anxiety. Through some funding from the Rebuilding Futures Fund and our Community Support team Vanessa and Lloylld were able to access much needed support which boosted Lloyld’s confidence.
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Helping to Light the tracks ahead for World Meningitis Day
You may have read about our partnership with Great Western Railway (GWR) to run a special train service in honour of World Meningitis Day . One of our supporters who joined us for the journey and shared her story to raise valuable awareness was our supporter Erin Jones. Erin reflects on the day here.
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Fundraising
Raising £30k to celebrate daughter's 30th birthday
A special daughter has been commemorated this month on what would have been her 30th birthday by reaching a special fundraising target.