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As we head towards 2030, people are adding their stories every day. So, whether you want to motivate and inspire others or want to read people’s experiences of meningitis and sepsis, you’ll find a story that resonates and reminds you that you are never alone.

Claire Wright's full story
  • Bacterial meningitis
Claire Wright's story 2025 marks fifteen years since I joined Meningitis Research Foundation – something that feels ...
Heidi Ellingham's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Heidi Ellingham's story When I was eighteen years old, I was living in London. The weekend before, I had visited...

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Ruairí Smart's full story
  • Ireland
  • Pneumococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Ruairí Smart's story
Viv Bell's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Viv Bell's story
Matthew Willis's full story
  • UK
  • Pneumococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Matthew Willis' story
Amelia Lancaster's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Amelia Lancaster's story Melinda talks about how having meningitis and septicaemia at ten months has affected her daughter, A...
Ambassador
Brian Cavanagh's full story
  • Ireland
  • Meningococcal
  • Teenager
Brian Cavanagh's story
Daraine Mulvihill's full story
  • Ireland
  • Meningococcal
  • Teenager
Daraine Mulvihill's story
Sarah Lockey's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Sarah Lockey's story
Ben Etheridge's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Ben Etheridge's story Ben Etheridge, contracted Group B meningococcal disease (meningitis and septicaemia) at the age of t...
Ambassador
Jack Stewart's full story
  • UK
  • Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae B)
  • Toddler 1-3
Jack Stewart's story
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