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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.
Young Epilepsy receives £375k National Lottery funding boost
Young Epilepsy receives £375k National Lottery funding boost to expand its support services
The Cunnane Family share their story
The Cunnane family who are raising funds For Young Epilepsy and Julia’s House Children’s Hospice, have shared their story with BBC South Today and BBC Radio Solent.
Young Epilepsy launches school support survey
Young Epilepsy launches school support survey Young Epilepsy has today (15 June 2022) launched a survey to find out how children and young people with epilepsy are being supported at school.
#EpilepsyTogether - National Epilepsy Week 2022
The impact of an epilepsy diagnosis goes beyond one person. Communities of friends, families and professionals make a huge difference.
Olympian Beth Dobbin shares mental health impact of epilepsy
Olympic Sprinter, Beth Dobbin, speaks to Young Epilepsy about the mental health impact of living with epilepsy.
Epilepsy and Ramadan
Fasting during Ramadan can be a challenging and sometimes fearful time for those with epilepsy, or other medical conditions. Miriam gives her advice on taking part safely, IF you feel you want to.
I am me, not my Autism
Livvy was diagnosed with Autism just after her 18th birthday. In her blog she discusses how she always 'felt different' and calls for greater understanding towards autism.
Here are some of the things that happened on Purple Day 2022
You are amazing! Here are some of the things that happened on Purple Day 2022... Purple Day, the International Day of Epilepsy awareness was on Saturday 26th March 2022 this year and thanks to everyone's support, it was a huge success! People from all ages got involved to raise awareness about epilepsy, bust the myths about seizures, and raise vital funds.
Epilepsy Alarms UK chooses to support Young Epilepsy in 2022
Epilepsy Alarms UK chooses to support Young Epilepsy in 2022 Our Corporate supporters are incredibly important to us, and we want to say thank you to Epilepsy Alarms UK for choosing to support us in 2022.
Petition launched 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. To help address the situation, Young Epilepsy has now launched a petition to call on healthcare leaders across the UK to ensure that every child with epilepsy is offered mental health screening and support as an integrated part of their paediatric epilepsy care.