Epilepsy Connections

Purple Day

Purple Day takes place on 26 March every year and is a fast-growing, international movement to get people talking about epilepsy. Purple Day was launched in 2008 by a young Canadian girl, Cassidy Megan, when she first found out she had epilepsy, and was afraid and embarrassed of what other people would think. She says "I thought I was the only kid in the world with epilepsy. I wanted to have one day where everyone in the world could show support for people with epilepsy and teach people about epilepsy."

Purple Day is already the biggest epilepsy event in the calendar with over 100 countries taking part. Why purple? It's Cassidy Megan's favourite colour and is the international colour for epilepsy.

Epilepsy Connections would like to see everyone do something purple on Monday 26 March 2012 to help raise awareness of epilepsy and funds to keep our services going. You could wear purple for the day (purple tutu, anyone?), eat only purple food, bake and sell purple cupcakes, hold a purple fashion show, spray your hair purple, paint yourself purple... it's never too soon to start planning! Once you've thought of what you'd like to do, get in touch with us at the office and we'll offer help and advice as well as fundraising tips and materials.

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