So i started a support group in the Glasgow area which met for the first Time on the 11th March 1991. Subsequent to several group meetings, it was decided to obtain our own Charity status as we had been aware of several doctors and physicians working here in Scotland who desperately needed funding generated by our members. The Meningitis Association of Scotland was born, the first registered charity in Scotland for meningitis. We continue to support families who have had a member affected by meningitis, not only the bereaved, but the survivors for whom there is very little help or support. We attempt to help them as well.

More and more information is now coming to hand and the various research labortories here in Scotland are making progress all the time. They are working around the clock trying to find answers to so many questions. We provide literature to try to inform people and try to dispel some of the myths that surround meningitis today.

This work is cost effective and time consuming. It requires substantial funding to keep them going. Everyone wants answers, but it seems few are willing to fund them.

We in the Association cannot bring our sons and daughters, but we can and will attempt to save other families from going through the anguish and agony we have. We will continue our efforts, however small, to make sure that eventually meningitis is eradicated completely.

Please be aware of the signs and symptoms of meningitis as who knows the next life saved might just be your own.