Help children with epilepsy 'Reach for the Stars' in Christmas campaign

I had some mail today from Young Epilepsy about their Christmas 'Reach for the Stars' fundraising campaign. People are being encouraged to make a minimum donation of £6 to buy one of four star designs created by the students to hang on the Christmas tree which is being unveiled at Young Epilepsy centre and campus in Lingfield, Surrey on Monday 12 December.

You can see the star designs by downloading the Reach for the Stars campaign leaflet. Below are some other examples created by students for the recently launched Young Epilepsy corporate identity.

In typical Christmas fashion the upcoming event will include Christmas carols, mince pies and the opportunity to purchase gifts from local stall holders and students. It sounds like a great event bud sadly I will be unable to attend due to work commitments - I will, however, be buying a star to show my support. I hope you will too.

For more information on the campaign please see this article on the Surrey Today website.

James Sommers of Young Epilepsy interviewed on Peterborough FM

On Thursday evening James Sommers, Senior Community Fundraising Manager for Young Epilepsy, was interviewed live on the Pleasuredome Pick'n'Mix show on Peterborough FM. As host of the show it was great for me to speak to James on air and I really appreciate him giving up his time to come into the studio to speak with me. His support in helping setting up the Peterborough Fundraising Group is already proving to be invaluable.

 Throughout the course of the interview we discussed the charity as a whole, his role within the organisation plus the work of local groups and the type of fundraising events that have been organised in the past. Also covered was the Purple Pledge Campaign which aims to inspire the public into raising awareness of childhood epilepsy and to organise fundraising activities to help us change the lives of children and young people living with epilepsy. The campaign was successful in 2011 that another is being planned for March 2012.

The full Peterborough FM interview with James Sommers is now available to listen and download from the Soundcloud website.

A number of contact telephone numbers, email and web addresses were given out during the broadcast and these can be found below:

• Young Epilepsy website: www.youngepilepsy.org.uk
• Email: fundraising@youngepilepsy.org.uk
• Fundraising Hotline: 01342 831245

As was said in the interview, it's early days for the Peterborough Fundraising Group so to make it a success we need volunteers to first of all to get together so we can plan for events in this area. If you want to contact me to find out more then please email youngepilepsy-peterborough@hotmail.co.uk


Jeremy Orbell
Peterborough Fundraising Group Co-ordinator

Welcome to Young Epilepsy Peterborough

This is the website for the Peterborough Fundraising Group for the national charity, Young Epilepsy.

Formerly known as The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy, the Young Epilepsy charity launched its new name on 1 November 2011. The charity supports the 112,000 children and young people under 25 with epilepsy in the UK.

We know there is a huge demand for information and support for parents and professionals and a need to improve access to, and quality of, health and education services. The charity has developed a new range of services since 2008 including our helpline, health information resources, training courses for professionals in health, social care and education and the promotion of good practice in schools. We are now forming a network of parent support groups which we plan to roll out nationally.

The Peterborough Fundraising Group will be organising a series of events and fundraising activities to help raise funds for Young Epilepsy so that it can continue is vital work. Of course, to make these events as successful as possible it is very important we involve the local community so we are looking for volunteers to help us build awareness of the charity's aims.

With your help we really can make a difference so please contact us to find out how you become part of the Peterborough Fundraising Group for Young Epilepsy.

youngepilepsy-peterborough@hotmail.co.uk