What is Believe & Achieve?
The programme is designed around three outcome areas: Get Stronger, Get Together and Get Ready.
Meningitis Now’s mission is to make sure that no one in the UK loses their life to meningitis and everyone affected gets the support they need to rebuild their lives.
Get Stronger: offering emotional support to young people through professional counselling and peer support.
The impact of meningitis can be devastating, leaving people bereaved or with after-effects including limb loss, hearing loss, acquired brain injury, memory loss, behaviour changes and mental health issues. For young people, meningitis can disrupt education, putting them at a significant disadvantage compared to their peers.
Get Ready: Developing young people’s skills and confidence through workshops, coaching and mentoring.
Get Together: forming friendships through social events, residential weekends and Believe & Achieve’s digital community.
That’s why Meningitis Now, supported by the National Lottery, set up Believe & Achieve. With over 35 years of experience, Meningitis Now is leading the way in meningitis aftercare and support – and is uniquely placed to provide this vital programme dedicated to supporting young people whose lives have been affected by meningitis. Believe & Achieve offers a range of support activities, including different types of mentoring, coaching, counselling, social media activities, one-to-one support and a variety of face to face and online events focusing on building confidence, gaining new skills and having fun. The programme’s activities have evolved over time, with changes made to both the content and format of the support.
The title of the programme was inspired by Alex Williams, a founding Young Ambassador who sadly died in 2012. ‘Believe and Achieve’ was his motto in life.
