Merger of UK meningitis charities

Two leading charities, the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK, will merge in April 2013.

The move will create the UK's biggest meningitis charity and bring together expertise in research and prevention, with established support services and after-care.

The merger will enable the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK to continue funding their key areas of focus – preventative research and lifelong support – whilst building on the education and awareness work of both organisations. Both charities are based in the South West.

- There are over 500,000 people living in the UK today who have had meningitis and thousands of families have had to face a future without a loved one.
- There are still more than 3,000 cases of bacterial meningitis every year and many more cases of viral meningitis.
- 10% of those who contract bacterial meningitis will die (approx. 300 per year) and a further 15% are left with debilitating after-effects requiring lifelong support.

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Earlyarts is about working creatively with children

UK: Earlyarts is the award winning, national network for people working creatively with children and families in the arts, cultural and early years sectors.

Earlyarts members help children have the best start in life by exploring creative approaches to learning, thinking and doing. We help connect the people, ideas, resources and information that nurture young children's creative and cultural capital.

We believe in...

- - Children as purposeful, powerful, inspiring and intelligent human beings in their own right.
  - The importance of nurturing children's innate creative potential from birth.
  - The transformational ways in which cultural opportunities and creative environments can help children develop.
  - The power of collaborative working to spark off ideas that bring children's learning to life.
  - Empowering professionals to have confidence in their own creative leadership skills.
  - The important role of families in supporting children's play.
  - The importance of rigor, research and quality in all creative practice.
  - Our collective and individual responsibility to do everything we can to help children become confident, expressive, well balanced and happy

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The e-journal of Inclusion Europe

e-include, the e-journal of Inclusion Europe is the one-stop-shop for news, policies, actions and events related to intellectual disabilities coming from Inclusion Europe, our member organisations and the European Institutions.

Inclusion Europe represents the voice of over 60 organisations for persons with intellectual disabilities and their families across Europe.

To learn more about our organisation, please go to our website

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CBM – the overseas disability charity

CBM is an international Christian disability and development organisation.

It is committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities and at risk of disabilities in the poorest countries of the world.

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