Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to invite your readers to help us with our latest women’s campaign. Epilepsy Action’s Mothers in Mind: healthy births campaign is the latest in a series of campaigns and will be launched in September as part of National Pregnancy Month.
Over the past seven years, Epilepsy Action has run a series of women’s campaigns to raise awareness of the particular issues facing women with epilepsy. Also, how their treatment may affect the following areas: contraception, fertility, pregnancy and the menopause.
The latest campaign is intended to educate health professionals and women with epilepsy on how to best manage their condition before, during and after pregnancy. The aim is to improve chances of having a healthy mother and baby.
Epilepsy Action wants all women to be able to make informed choices about their epilepsy care and treatment. For South Asians, often cultural and religious issues surrounding epilepsy can prevent up-to-date facts reaching the person with the condition.
In order to promote our work, we are appealing for South Asian women who have epilepsy and have been pregnant in the last five years, to come forward and share their experiences. Asian media are not interested in covering these issues unless they have a real life account. This is why we need your readers with epilepsy to come forward.
If your readers are interested, they can contact our press officer, Keeley Eastwood, for more information on 0113 210 8870, or at keastwood@epilepsy.org.uk
If you have not been pregnant, but have had experiences with epilepsy, we would also like to hear from you. Your stories are important! Please contact Epilepsy Action’s communications officer, Lucy Rollinson, on 0113 210 8882, or at lrollinson@epilepsy.org.uk
Yours faithfully,
Lucy Rollinson
(Communications officer)