People across Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to work off all those Christmas calories on Sunday 29 March, by taking part in Epilepsy Action's Bradford 10K run.
Vital information in a report on pregnancy and anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) is unlikely to reach thousands of women with epilepsy, warns Epilepsy Action. The charity fears that this is putting mothers and unborn children at unnecessary risk.
A woman from Watford who completed an eight-day sponsored walk from Portreath to Penzance on September 14-21 has raised over £800 for Epilepsy Action, the UK’s largest member-led epilepsy organisation.
The North Devon branch of Epilepsy Action, the UK’s largest member-led epilepsy organisation, is holding a seminar on Saturday November 1, to help support people living with the condition in the region.
Here in the UK, as winter draws in, the nights are dark and the snow is falling you could be forgiven for the urge to curl up in front of the fire and watch a good dose of daytime television.
Epilepsy Action has been approached by a documentary production company who are developing a film for Channel 4 focussing on young carers in the UK. The company are looking to work with children aged 9-14 years who are just about the only carer for another family member with epilepsy.