This year I am fundraising for the Meningitis Research Foundation. They are at the heart of the initiative that is working with the World Health Organisation and leading experts on the disease to tackle meningitis globally.

Meningitis is a medical emergency in every language. There are 2.5 million + cases of meningitis every year. 1 in 6 people who get bacterial meningitis do not survive the disease with 1 in 5 survivors left living with lifelong disabilities. Around half of all meningitis deaths are children under 5. This is why MRF are so important for all the people who have had their lives forever changed by this disease. They provide support services and a helpline plus do instrumental research into vaccinations and preventative measures. They have worked tirelessly to put meningitis on the world stage and helped create the Road Map to defeat Meningitis by 2030.

I am leading the UofG Team of incredible volunteers who are taking on this challenge and raising money to help us defeat meningitis and septicemia by 2030.

It is an honor to be a part of this wonderful team working hard to raise as much as we can to fundraise for this cause.

Any support means the world to me as working closely with the MRF student support team and hearing about all the work that they do beyond just research to provide support services and helplines, means that this charity is close to my heart. Students are the second most at-risk group so even if you can't donate just sharing and talking about this deadly disease could save someone's life.