Seizures and epilepsy
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Authority control databases
| Formation | 5 September 1950[1] |
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| Founder | Lady Cynthia Colville[1] |
| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Registration no. | 234343[2] |
| Headquarters | Yeadon, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°51′52″N 1°41′39″W / 53.86441°N 1.69408°W |
| Services | Epilepsy advice and information |
Membership (2023) | 7,494[3] |
President | Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford[3] |
Chair | Jane Riley[4] |
Chief executive | Philip Lee[3] |
Revenue (2023) | £2.77m[3] |
Staff (2023) | 75[3] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | British Epilepsy Association (1950-2002) |
Epilepsy Action is a British charity providing information, advice and support for people with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Action 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.
It undertakes and encourages non-laboratory research into epilepsy and the issues surrounding living with the condition.
Since 2008, the charity has organised the annual Bradford 10K athletics race which in 2019 attracted 3,000 runners.[5]
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.
