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Leadership Transition as CEO Mark Devlin Steps Down
After nearly seven years of transformative leadership, Mark Devlin will step down as Chief Executive of Young Epilepsy in October 2025.
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23 Faces
Nearly every hour a child or young person is diagnosed with epilepsy in the UK. That's 23 every single day.
Summer Fete
Come and join us at our first annual Summer Fete this June!
Parents' Event
For parents of children with epilepsy
What YOU did for Purple Day
Here's what you all did for Purple Day...
Emergency Medication Training for Teachers
A half-day course for teachers, to increase their understanding of epilepsy as a long-term condition, and demonstrate how to administer emergency medication.
Young Epilepsy announces new Chief Executive
Young Epilepsy is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Devlin as its new Chief Executive.
Young Epilepsy Christmas Quiz & Prize Draw
Celebrate the festive season by entering our simple epilepsy quiz
Books about epilepsy - recommended reads
Arguably, there aren't enough books out there that cover epilepsy, regardless of whether they're fiction or non-fiction. Here, we recommend a small handful that have been published in recent years...
Young Epilepsy's Children in Need funding enters second year
Thanks to donations made to BBC Children in Need during the annual telethon campaign taking place every November, Young Epilepsy has continued to support children and young people with epilepsy in London.
Cannabis-based medicines: what it means for you
Since November 2018, specialist doctors (consultants) have been able to prescribe cannabis-based medicines for children with complex childhood epilepsy. There is some evidence to show that cannabis-based medicines can reduce seizures in complex childhood epilepsy. However, with the exception of pharmaceutically prepared CBD the NHS does not routinely prescribe and fund these treatments.
Giggles and laughs for epilepsy awareness
While epilepsy is no laughing matter, one man is turning 'comedy on' for Young Epilepsy.