Volunteers from Epilepsy Action’s Stockton branch will be helping to bring epilepsy “Out in the Open” for this years National Epilepsy Week (18-25 May) by holding a number of events.
Volunteers from Epilepsy Action’s Stockton branch will be helping to bring epilepsy “Out in the Open” by dressing up as super heroes for a local sponsored walk.
The Stockport branch of Epilepsy Action, is to hold a meeting with a talk by a leading epilepsy specialist from 7.00pm-9.00pm on Wednesday May 7, 2008.
The Durham and District branch of Epilepsy Action is to hold a conference on Saturday April 5. The event will run from 9:00am - 3:00pm at Durham County Hall, Durham County Council.
More than £7,000 has been raised for Epilepsy Action by the family and friends of a Stockton-on-Tees man who sadly died following a seizure at the age of 22.
The Tynedale branch of Epilepsy Action is holding an advice and information day on Friday March 7 between 10.00am and 4.00pm, at Robbs of Hexham, Priestpopple, Hexham, Northumberland.
Naomi James from Newcastle upon Tyne is taking part in this year’s BUPA Great North Run in aid of Epilepsy Action, the UK’s largest member-led epilepsy organisation.
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.
