Epilepsy Action


Epilepsy Action is a British charity providing information, advice and support for people with epilepsy.
It provides freephone and email helplines and a wide range of information booklets, web pages and e-learning courses. It has around 100 local support groups across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and a network of volunteers working in the community.
It also organises conferences for people with epilepsy and health professionals with an interest in the condition. It also has a website that includes information about epilepsy and runs an online community for people with the condition and their carers.
It undertakes and encourages non-laboratory research into epilepsy and the issues surrounding living with the condition.
The charity has received international media coverage on a number of occasions due to its work in highlighting bad practice in online videos in relation to photosensitive epilepsy.
Since 2008, the charity has organised the annual Bradford 10K athletics race which in 2019 attracted 3,000 runners.