National Epilepsy Week
National Epilepsy Week 2012
This year's National Epilepsy Week will take place between 20 - 26 May. It has an achievement or ‘go for it’ theme to tie in with the 2012 Olympics. MSPs will be asked to take part in epilepsy awareness events in their constituency and in Holyrood. There will also be an epilepsy exhibition and photo call in the run-up week to NEW in Holyrood. Please encourage your local politicians to get involved in raising awareness and campaigning for the best possible care.
Information is key so we have devised lots of ways for you to go for it, do your bit and talk about epilepsy:
• Pledge to mention epilepsy to someone each day of National Epilepsy Week (NEW), 20-26 May
• Call your community radio station and ask for a NEW plug
• Write a letter to your local paper on why information for epilepsy matters
• Email details of our NEW Quiz round colleagues, family and friends and try it yourself!
• Use facebook to talk about epilepsy and ask your pals to do the same
• Tweet about National Epilepsy Week and our NEW Quiz
• Scottish celebrities and MSPs can tweet their support for NEW
• Get visitor tickets for Thursday 24 May at 5pm and hear the Scottish Parliament Epilepsy
debate led by Kenneth Gibson MSP. Also ask your MSP to support it
• Ask your councillor and MSP to support our Transition campaign
• Staff can attend the City of Glasgow College epilepsy exhibition on 24 May in the Riverside Campus
• Support the Stuart Ritchie Family Walk/Run in Strathclyde Park on Sunday 27 May
• Send photos for our website of the NEW fundraising events you are holding
• Find the daily prize-winning 'Neddie the Neuron' logo hidden on our website during NEW
(Monday-Friday)
• Share your favourite feel-good food recipes on our website via enquiries@epilepsyscotland.org.uk
• Donate £1 for NEW – Text EPSC40 + £1 to 70070 and help raise £54,000
for the 54,000 people with epilepsy in Scotland
• Tell us about your achievements so people find out more about epilepsy and help us raise funds
If you want to know more, take part or be on our mailing list, email enquiries@epilepsyscotland.org.uk or phone our Glasgow Office on 0141 427 4911.
National Epilepsy Week 2011
The theme for last year was ‘Information’. Many MSPs came to the JEC epilepsy exhibition stand and photo call while the public enjoyed taking part in our online prize-winning epilepsy awareness quiz.
Leading support for Epilepsy Awareness…
MSPs and First Minister Alex Salmond show their support for epilepsy:
