Meningitis UK has a single focus - to find a vaccine to protect against all forms of meningitis and associated diseases.
Every week, six families have to face the sudden tragedy of losing a loved one to this devastating disease. Our Search 4 a Vaccine Campaign aims to raise £7million to help fund cutting-edge research to find a preventative vaccine and save thousands of lives in the future.
Meningitis - Trust Your Instincts
Our Winter Awareness Campaign urges people to trust their instincts if they suspect a case of meningitis.
Meningitis UK’s Founder, Steve Dayman MBE, accepts new challenge
Meningitis UK’s Founder Steve Dayman MBE has been appointed Founder Director of the charity to enable him to focus more fully on expanding and strengthening the charity’s presence throughout the UK.
Kick start your New Year - run the Bath Half Marathon!
We have a limited number of guaranteed Golden Bond places in the Bath Half Marathon 2012. Register now to secure your place!
Treking Kilimanjaro to save lives
Congratulations to brave12 supporters who took on the BIG climb up Kilimanjaro - we hope you all had a trip to remember!
Take to the skies for Meningitis UK!
We're offering you the chance to take part in an exciting group sky dive on Sunday 22nd April in Cirencester.
Meningitis - Meningitis Charity - Meningitis Fundraising
Meningitis UK is here to help those who have been affected by meningitis deaths. Meningitis bereavement can be very difficult as a death can happen so quickly from the onset of becoming ill, that it can be very hard to take in a death.
There are a number of ways that Meningitis UK can help with those suffering from meningitis bereavement. Firstly we offer Peer Support, this is where you can talk to others who have been affected by meningitis deaths, it can help to share stories and experiences in order to try and come to terms with your loss. We also offer Forever Funds which is not only a way of fund raising to prevent meningitis but also a way to pay tribute to a lost loved one and share their story with the rest of the world.
As a meningitis charity we understand the importance of feeling like you are doing something to help when you have been affected by a meningitis death. This is why we offer people a chance to come and meet our researchers, so they can witness first hand what we are doing to try and prevent others become victims of these killer infections.
We also offer someone to talk to; this simple gesture can be of the upmost importance when someone is suffering. The founder of Meningitis UK, Steve Dayman has first hand experience of losing a child to meningitis and had made it a lifelong mission to invest his time and experience into the meningitis charity. He makes himself available 24/7 to bereaved parents and loved ones to offer emotional support in people’s hour of need.
We feel it’s important for others to share their stories, we therefore offer people the chance to share their personal stories. We believe this can help in acceptance and also helps promotes meningitis fundraising, to find a vaccine and prevent others going through a meningitis death is what most of the bereaved wish to accomplish.
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