Club’s cash for research
COMMUNIRY GROUP RAISES £2,500 FOR MENINGITIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
A community group has handed over thousands of pounds towards the fight against deadly meningitis.
Houghton’s 41 Club has donated £2,5000 for the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF).
The amount was accepted by MRF ambassador Ken Robinson, whose son Glenn died aged just 16 in 1997 after contracting meningitis.
Talented cricketer Glenn, a Durham Academy player who also played for Philadelphia CC close to where he lived, was struck down by the meningococcal septicaemia strain of the brain disease.
Since his son’s death, Ken has campaigned tirelessly for meningitis research, organising events including annual football talk-ins, charity football matches and a ladies’ cricket match.
He has raised well over £70,000 since Glenn’s death.
Ken said: “This is an amazing amount of money.
“I cannot thank all of those involved in the 41 Club enough; it is a wonderful gesture for which I am very grateful to them all.
“They work very hard during the year to raise funds for various charities.
“Of course we have to thank all those people who have put money in buckets etc, to support their work.
“I am so pleased to receive this amount of money because I am fully aware of what it will be spent on, such as further research, further vaccines to protect our young families.”