Keep up with the latest news from Young Epilepsy and stay informed about stories, campaigns, and changes that could impact you and your family.
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.
Charity Golf Day in support of Young Epilepsy
Young Epilepsy receives £375k National Lottery funding boost to expand its support services
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 has today (15 June 2022) launched a survey to find out how children and young people with epilepsy are being supported at school.
The impact of an epilepsy diagnosis goes beyond one person. Communities of friends, families and professionals make a huge difference.
Olympic Sprinter, Beth Dobbin, speaks to Young Epilepsy about the mental health impact of living with epilepsy.
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.
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 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.
