Editing Epilepsy Action

{{Short description|British charitable organisation}}
{{For|the unconnected Australian epilepsy organisation|Epilepsy Action Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox organisation
| name                = Epilepsy Action
| services            = Epilepsy advice and information
| website             = {{URL|https://www.epilepsy.org.uk}}
| formation           = {{start date and age|df=yes|1950|09|05}}<ref name="historywall">{{cite web |title=Epilepsy Action History Wall 1950-2010 |url=https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/sites/epilepsy/files/images/about/epilepsyaction-historywall.pdf |publisher=Epilepsy Action |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004083030/https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/sites/epilepsy/files/images/about/epilepsyaction-historywall.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>
| type                = [[Charitable organisation]]
| registration_id     = 234343<ref>{{EW charity|234343|British Epilepsy Association}}</ref>
| headquarters        = [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[United Kingdom]]
| coords              = {{coord|53.86441|-1.69408|region:GB_type:landmark}}
| membership          = 7,494<ref name="annualreport">{{cite web |title=TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |url=https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/app/uploads/2024/04/Trustees-Report-and-Annual-Accounts-for-the-year-ending-31-December-2023.pdf |publisher=Epilepsy Action |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>
| membership_year     = 2023
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = [[Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford]]<ref name=annualreport />
| leader_title2       = Chair
| leader_name2        = Jane Riley<ref>{{cite web |title=Council of Management |url=https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/about/council |website=Epilepsy Action |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title3       = Chief executive
| leader_name3        = Rebekah Smith<ref>{{cite web |title=Council of management, updates from council meeting 4 February 2025 |url=https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/about/council |website=Epilepsy Action |access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref>
| revenue             = £2.77m<ref name=annualreport />
| revenue_year        = 2023
| staff               = 75<ref name=annualreport />
| staff_year          = 2023
| founder             = [[Lady Cynthia Colville]]<ref name=historywall />
| former name       = British Epilepsy Association (1950-2002)
}}
'''Epilepsy Action''' is a British [[charitable organization|charity]] providing information, advice and support for people with [[epilepsy]].

== Activities ==
Epilepsy Action provides [[freephone]] and [[email]] helplines and a wide range of information booklets, web pages and [[Educational technology|e-learning courses]].  It has around 100 local support groups across [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]] and a network of [[Volunteering|volunteer]]s working in the community. It also organises [[meeting|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 run|10K athletics race]] which in 2019 attracted 3,000 runners.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 March 2019|title='3,000 runners tackle Bradford's biggest ever 10K'|publisher=[[Telegraph and Argus]]|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17507077.3000-runners-tackle-bradfords-biggest-ever-10k/|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

== Campaigns ==
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]].

* In 2007, it claimed that 30 people had [[seizures]] as a result of a segment of animated footage commissioned by the organising committee of the [[London]] [[2012 Summer Olympics]] to promote its logo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1554361/Olympics-inquiry-into-logo-launch-seizures.html|title=Olympics inquiry into logo-launch seizures|last=Bond|first=David|date=13 June 2007|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=London 2012 Olympics withdraw film after seizures |url=http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/archive/20070605.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |publisher=Epilepsy Action |date=6 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123111401/http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/archive/20070605.html |archive-date=23 November 2007}}</ref>
* In 2011, Epilepsy Action highlighted issues with the video for the [[Kanye West]] song "[[All of the Lights]]". Tests of the video showed that it failed the flashing images guidelines set down by UK broadcasting watchdog [[Ofcom]] and so was likely to trigger a seizure in someone with photosensitive epilepsy.  A warning was placed on [[YouTube]] for people watching the video on its website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1658702/kanye-west-all-of-the-lights-music-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505200135/http://www.mtv.com/news/1658702/kanye-west-all-of-the-lights-music-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2014|title='Kanye West's 'All Of The Lights' Video Gets Epilepsy Warning'|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=25 February 2011}}</ref>
* In 2015, it highlighted the presence of advertisements with flashing content that were posted on [[Vine (service)|Vine]] by [[Twitter]]. The [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] confirmed that Twitter were in breach of its guidelines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33477567|title='Epilepsy charity criticises Twitter for flashing ads'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=10 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.epilepsy.org.uk Official website]

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[[Category:Epilepsy organizations]]
[[Category:Health charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1950]]
[[Category:Charities based in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Health in Yorkshire]]