Blog posting number one

Welcome to the first posting in the new Epilepsy Action blog.

Obviously, the first thing I need to post is to explain, for those people who don't know, what a blog is.  A blog, short for 'weblog', is a bit like an online diary, with lots of short pieces of writing about things the blogger (the person who is writing the blog) is interested in.  There are millions of blogs across the web, covering every possible subject.

Obviously, as this is Epilepsy Action's blog, then we'll be using our blog to tell you about what's happening here at Epilepsy Action.  We'll let you know of important pieces of news to do with us.  We'll use it to inform you of ways that you can get involved with our work. 

Of course, regular visitors to our website will have noticed that the first major piece of news is that we have a new website!  It's ten years since we got our first website - we were one of the first charities to get online - and we've rebuilt the site.  Our aim is to provide a better service to our visitors, We'll be unveiling new features on the website in the next few months.  Watch this space!

I hope you like the new site.

Mark, Epilepsy Action