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Volunteering opportunities

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Welcome to our Opportunities Board

You can get involved in your local area with our one-off events, and you’ll find details of our regular roles at the bottom of this page.

You can also keep updated by joining our Volunteers Facebook group. If you’d like to get involved with any of the opportunities email us at volunteering@meningitisnow.org.

Current opportunities

Awareness raising opportunities

Can you run an awareness stand in your local community?

Can you research local events such as plant sales, car boot sales and school fetes and see if you can set up an awareness stand? All you need to do is arrange a table and we can provide all the materials for you to set up on the day.

If you're interested in setting up an awareness stand and would like more information, please get in touch with the volunteering team.

Can you give an awareness talk?

Talks are one of the most powerful ways you can reach a large group of people with meningitis awareness. We have an off-the-peg meningitis short awareness PowerPoint talk and we will give you lots of friendly support so you feel confident and well prepared.

  • Sixth forms and universities - You could contact your local sixth forms, colleges and universities to ask if you could give a short talk to the students.
  • In your local community – Do you belong to any community groups such as Rotary groups or Women's Institutes where you can arrange to give our 20-minute PowerPoint presentation?

Will you host a collection tin?

We recently picked up a collection tin from a local builder's merchant which had £90 in. These collection tins all add up and are the easiest way to fundraise. Please will you order two collection tins to put in local businesses? The money fundraised will help fund our support and research.

Fundraising opportunities

London Landmarks Half Marathon - Sunday 6 April
London Marathon - Sunday 27 April
Five Valleys Walk - Sunday 28 September in Stroud

You can volunteer as an individual or with a group to help with event setup, registration, cheering, or managing checkpoints.  These events are always a huge amount of fun, with staff and volunteers coming together to form a fantastic community. We'd love you to join us! 

Contact us

If you’ve seen a volunteer role you like, we’d love to hear from you. 

Please email our Volunteering team to place your order or find out more information.

On behalf of everyone who relies on our work, thank you for getting involved.

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