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A group of children who took part in the football camp

Young Epilepsy and Jay Bothroyd's Premier Football Experience

Inspired by the story of Cash, who faced exclusion from a football camp due to his epilepsy, former premiership footballer, Jay Bothroyd, joined us for a day of football skills and coaching at a fun football session in the Easter holidays.

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Children with epilepsy let down by schools

We found worrying disparities across the UK in school policies and support for young people living with epilepsy after over 1,000 families from across the country responded anonymously to our survey about the support they received at school during the 2021/22 academic year.   

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Epilepsy medication - Valproate update

The medicines regulator (MHRA) has announced further changes to prescribing the epilepsy medication valproate which are due to be introduced over the coming months.

Zach's Law

Zach's Law

Young Epilepsy is one of several epilepsy charities that has been targeted on Twitter by individuals posting flashing images in an attempt to induce seizures. Epilepsy Society have led the ‘Zach’s Law’ campaign for greater protection online for people with epilepsy. The campaign was named after one of their young supporters who was targeted on social media.

Your priorities for epilepsy research

As a member of the UK Epilepsy Priority Setting Partnership (PSP), Young Epilepsy is delighted to announce the Top Ten priorities for epilepsy research.

Young people call for mental health support in epilepsy care

Epilepsy is not a mental health condition, yet children and young people with epilepsy are four times more likely to develop mental health problems than their peers. Despite this increased risk, less than one in five children’s epilepsy clinics currently provide mental health screening and support.