Give in Memory
"Losing someone you love is one of the hardest
experiences that most of us will ever go through."
Setting up a fund in memory of a loved one is a very special way to keep their memory alive, as well as help more families stay together by joining us in our fight to eradicate meningitis.
What is a memorium fund
For most families who have experienced the devastation of losing someone, it can be very comforting and helpful to do something positive. Anyone can set up a fund. You may have lost someone to meningitis or have lost someone and would simply like to support our cause.
Setting up a fund is a lasting way for friends, family and colleagues to remember a loved one by making a gift or raising money in their name.
We will keep track of all contributions to your fund and will keep you informed of how the tribute is growing. You will also be given the opportunity to have your loved one's name engraved on our ‘Wall of Remembrance' in the Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories at the University of Bristol.
Wall of Remembrance
This can be done online by setting up your own page on Justgiving.com. All you have to do is go to www.justgiving.com/muk/remember and follow the simple step by step instructions to create your own secure page. You can then e-mail the link to this page to all your family and friends, who can then contribute to your fund online with a credit/debit card.
Alternatively, you can ask friends and family to donate by phone, cash, cheque or charity voucher (made payable to 'Meningitis UK'). You can either collect up all the donations yourself and send them to us in batches, or ask people to send them directly to us. We will give you a special code to use, so that we can track all contributions to your fund.
If you would like more information on setting up a fund in memory of a loved one, please phone Kate, our Development Manager on 0117 373 73 73 or email katerowland@meningitisUK.org
Past Funds
In Memory of Dylan
Dylan Stott
Since tragically losing their little son Dylan aged 21 months to meningococcal septicaemia on 7th August 2005, Quentin and Surj Stott have raised over £56,000 in his memory.
Quentin says: "Dylan was a normal happy boy. In less than 4 hours of putting him to bed, he had died of meningococcal septicaemia - which can be extremely difficult to detect - Dylan showed only two of the eight possible symptoms and displayed no rash. I am overwhelmed by everyone's generosity."
Quentin and Kevin at the top of Kilamanjaro
In a bid to raise money, Quentin and Surj set up the ‘Trek 4 Dylan' fund and Quentin and his friend Kevin Temple decided to embark on a huge sponsored climb to the top of Kilimanjaro in memory of Dylan. They paid for the trip themselves and set an initial target of raising £25,000 for Meningitis UK but donations far exceeded expectation.
Lucy Plowright (left) who climbed Sydney Harbour Bridge despite her fear of heights to raise money in memory of Dylan
The dedication to fundraising and generosity and imagination of their friends who have also raised money in memory of little Dylan has been outstanding. Just some of the people who have helped include Dylan's Uncle Ben who got married and asked for donations, Dylan's auntie who organised a coffee morning and Crown Direct who officially launched the appeal by handing over a cheque for £3,000. Other ways to raise money have included abstaining from alcohol for 28 days, climbing over Sydney Harbour Bridge, holding a quiz night and swimming the equivalent distance of the English Channel!
Meningitis UK are hugely grateful to Quentin, Surj and all their family and friends for their support of the charity's work. To find out more, please visit Dylan's website at www.dylanstott.com This page will open in a new window.
In Memory of Jacob
Jacob Brown
Alex and Ben Brown decided to support Meningitis UK after their son Jacob died of meningitis on 5th October 2005, aged just six-months-old. Alex and Ben set up a page on http://www.justgiving.com/ in memory of Jacob, which allowed friends and family to make contributions. Two of their friends also ran the Nike 10K run and Alex held a week-long art exhibition inspired by Jacob in Notting Hill Gate in London to raise money.
Alex said, "The ‘Hide and Seek' exhibition has been a really positive way to remember Jacob. It has been a form of therapy, a way to release the varied emotions that came with the grieving I have done for the past year. With the exhibition running over the anniversary of Jacob's death it feels like the end of one chapter and the start of the next, hopefully a happier one. He will always be with us, but now we can think of him in a positive way."
Alex's father Nick Morris, Emmerdale actress Lorraine Chase and Ben and Alex Brown at the art exhibition
"It has been very important for my husband and I to find a way to give a purpose to Jacob's death and this has been a start to that. Apart from the personal aspect, it has given me the opportunity to contribute to helping an excellent charity. It is important to make sure that in the future parents will not have to go through what we have. Finding a vaccine that will save lives - that is the goal!"
MeningitisUK · Registered Charity No.1076774
