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"As a paediatrician, I have looked after many children with meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia and witnessed first hand, time and again, the suffering of these children and their families. Support from Meningitis UK is vital in our efforts today to stamp out this disease with a vaccine. Scientists in my team in Oxford are working hard with this support to study whether a potential vaccine we have identified could bring us a step closer to eliminating this disease."

Andrew J Pollard FRCPCH PhD, Professor of Paediatric Infection & Immunity Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford

Donating to Meningitis UK

By making a donation to Meningitis UK you will be helping to save future families the heartache and suffering of a disease which can kill in hours. Here are the ways in which you can make a donation.

Donate online This is one of the simplest ways to give. Your online donation will be processed through Justgiving. Or if you prefer, you can use PayPal which is fast becoming one of the major ways to make payments securely online.	Make a regular donation  As well as helping you to ‘spread the load', the assurance of reliable income helps us to plan and commit to future research.  You can set up a monthly donation online via Justgiving (choose 'monthly' in the drop-down list) or download a donation form (pdf) (opens in a window) to set up a standing order by post.
By post  Download a donation form (pdf) (opens in a new window) to send us a cheque, charity voucher, postal order or credit/debit card instruction by post. Please send to:  Freepost RSST-TBAK-SJEE Meningitis UK Link House, Britton Gardens Kingswood Bristol BS15 1TF Please make cheques payable to 'Meningitis UK'	By phone To make a credit/debit card payment by phone, request a donation form by post or if you have a query about making a donation, please call the team at Meningitis UK on 0117 947 6320. You can also donate via text message. Just text the code MGUK04 plus the amount you want to donate to 70070. There is no fee for this service and we will receive 100% of your donation.
Gift in your will By leaving a gift in your will to Meningitis UK, you can make a lasting difference to future generations and significantly help us to push forward more quickly in our search for a vaccine.	More ways to give Information for charitable trusts and grant-giving bodies, how to donate in memory, in celebration and through your payroll.

Gift Aid your support

If you are a tax payer, don't forget to fill in the Gift Aid section, which means we can reclaim tax on your donation. For example, on a donation of £10, we can claim back a further £2.50 in tax!

Help us claim Gift Aid on your past donations 

If you are a tax payer and have made donations to us in the past but haven't ever claimed Gift Aid, you can help us now by allowing us to claim back the tax on all the donations you have made in the past four years. Just complete the Gift Aid declaration form (word, opens in a new window) and send it back to the freepost address listed on the form, or phone 0117 947 6320 and we'll be happy to post you one.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

How your support can help 

Below is a list of how your support can help drive our research forward even faster and stop this disease in its tracks:

• £10 =1,000 symptoms cards
• £25 = one hour of in-depth research
• £100 = 1,500 ‘What you need to know about meningitis’ leaflets
• £500 = a lab computer
• £3,000 = a biological microscope
• £40,000 = research assistant for a year

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