Our amazing supporters!
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Yorkshire Building Society show their support
Thank you to the Yorkshire Building Society for donating almost £2,000 to Young Epilepsy to allow us to purchase much needed sensory equipment for students at St Piers School and College.
The East Grinstead building society will also be holding a week-long fundraising extravaganza throughout National Epilepsy Week (19-25 May). Colleagues at the branch will be spending the week hosting a wide range of purple-tastic activities to raise money such as drawing competitions, guess the number of sweets and a purple dress-down day.
We would like to thank the Yorkshire Building Society for this wonderful donation and in particular the East Grinstead branch for all their support.
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Vinnie Bakes for Purple Day
What more inspiration can you need for having Purple fun than Vinnie.
On Purple Day Vinnie and his mum baked cakes which they sold raising an amazing £120.90.
What makes Vinnie even more special is that he is only 2 years old!
Vinnie was diagnosed with Epilepsy in December 2012, after having his first seizure at 12 weeks old. He decided he wanted to do something special, and baking cakes is certainly fun and yummy!
Thank you Vinnie.
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Going for a sleigh ride
Cheam 41 Club support Young Epilepsy with a little help from Santa.
Thank you so much to the Cheam 41 Club for the fantastic donation of £450 given as a result of their Christmas collections.
Every December members of the club collect door to door with the help of Santa and his sleigh for local causes. We are absolutely thrilled to receive this fantastic donation. Every member of the Cheam 41 Club is involved in Santa’s collections but a special thanks to Club Chairman Jeff Jones, Charity organiser and driver Peter Bright who are both pictured and Gerry Booth who built the float and has designed it since 1966.
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Laura goes Purple!
Laura said: ‘I wanted to support Purple Day and fundraise for Young Epilepsy because my beautiful daughter Katey is affected by epilepsy every day of her life as are so many other children around the world. Young Epilepsy are a huge support to us and their research will hopefully change our lives one day!’
Laura celebrated Purple Day by turning herself purple for the day, she painted her skin, dyed her blonde hair purple and wore her Young Epilepsy t-shirt with pride. Laura wanted to raise £200 but has been overwhelmed by the generosity of her friends and family and raised over £400.
Big thank you to Laura for taking Purple Day so literally and taking on this wacky fundraiser!
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St George’s College Junior School goes Purple!
Huge thank you to everyone at St George’s College Junior School, Weybridge for holding a Purple Day and raising an incredible £1,179.80 for Young Epilepsy.
Special thanks to Nicole Walsh a student at St George’s College Junior School for putting Young Epilepsy forward to be their chosen charity. Thank you Nicole for your continued support. Nicole (centre) is pictured here running a fundraising stall with her friends Daniella and Megan.
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Community support from Asda, Hatfield
Young Epilepsy recently won the Community Life Scheme at Asda in Hatfield, Herts. This involved customers choosing which charity to support by donating a token after they bought their shopping. Young Epilepsy was up against two other charities but won outright which resulted in a donation of £200.
Emma Dalrymple, a member of Young Epilepsy's Welwyn Garden City Fundraising Group collected the cheque recently from the store manager. A big thank you to Asda in Hatfield and all their customers for helping to raise funds for Young Epilepsy, your support is extremely appreciated.
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Walking the extra mile
Brenda Campbell Smith a member of our therapies team at Young Epilepsy took on the incredible challenge of trekking 100km through the Sahara. This eight day trek saw Brenda walk over 6 hours a day, tackling challenging terrains and battling through sandstorms with a team of sixteen.
Brenda thoroughly enjoyed the experience and is really proud of this incredible achievement. A huge thank you to Brenda for taking on this challenge and raising almost £3,000 for Young Epilepsy.
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Brighton half marathon challenge
Bill Cox took on the challenge of running the Brighton half marathon and raised over £500 for Young Epilepsy. Bill trained incredibly hard and it paid off as he completed the run in 13 miles in 2 hours and 31 minutes.
He found the course pretty tough and said his legs felt like weights but he ran the whole way to the finish line and is already considering taking part next year.
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Thanks to our Bath runners
Cathy, Sarah and Andrew Hammond took part in the Bath Half Marathon in March and raised a fantastic £1,606 for Young Epilepsy. A big thank you to them for all their hard work, both running and fundraising!
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Ain't no mountain high enough
Young Epilepsy Student Support Worker Chloe Houghton recently took on the incredible challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with her father Alan. Chloe and Alan found the climb extremely hard but thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are thrilled to have raised over £1,000 for Young Epilepsy.
Chloe said: “It was a six day walk to the summit and back down, which was a challenge due to the increasing altitude level. However, after an 8-hour climb in the dark to the summit on the last day, the views from the 'roof of Africa' were spectacular and the sense of achievement made it all worth the effort. Thank you to everyone that has sponsored me and helped us raise over £1000 for Young Epilepsy.”
If Chloe has inspired you to take on a challenge you can sign up here!
To read about how you were amazing in previous years, please follow the links below:
Our amazing supporters 2012
Our amazing supporters 2011
Our amazing supporters 2010
