Meningitis in your words

Jordan shares the heartbreaking story of losing her two-year-old son, Caleb, to bacterial meningitis, and how she is turning her grief into action.

Drew contracted meningitis as a teenager, about a year after his brother had the disease. They later discovered it was due to a rare genetic deficiency.

Callum contracted meningitis twice as a baby. He went on to run two marathons within two weeks to support Meningitis Research Foundation.

Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO) member Emma shares her experience with meningitis.

Quadruple amputee Isabelle shares her experience with meningitis and living with the after-effects.

Théo, para-swimmer and Meningitis Flag co-creator, shares his journey after surviving meningitis and quadruple amputation.

Sophia’s mum Kate shares how her daughter survived MenB meningitis at university, and highlights the importance of vaccines and timely action.

CoMO member Tendai shares his journey through fungal meningitis, and how he has adapted to life with permanent blindness.

Paul shares how meningitis changed his daughter Ellie’s life at 16 months, and how she overcame the challenges to become a Paralympic champion.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador Ellie shares her journey surviving meningitis and becoming a Paralympic swimmer.

After losing her only son, Spencer, to meningitis, Marcia shares their story to raise awareness of symptoms and the importance of vaccines.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador Mhairi shares her experience of contracting meningitis at 23 years old.