It was with great sadness that we heard that Mrs Hilary Figg had passed away on 26 December 2012. Hilary was our most experienced and longest serving trustee and volunteer. Her membership of the charity’s governing body, the Council of Management, spanned across six decades.
We have learned this morning that the music video for Kanye West’s latest single, All of the Lights, has been taken off YouTube.
People with photosensitive epilepsy should not watch the music video for Kanye West’s latest single, All of the Lights, as it contains extensive use of flashing imagery.
On Wednesday 24 November, the first reading of a Ten Minute Rule Bill for epilepsy took place in the House of Commons. The bill is called the Ten Minute Rule Bill on Epilepsy and Related Conditions (Education and Health Services) (Bill 112).
On Wednesday 24 November, the first reading of a Ten Minute Rule Bill for epilepsy took place in the House of Commons. The bill is called the Ten Minute Rule Bill on Epilepsy and Related Conditions (Education and Health Services) (Bill 112).
January was an exciting month in terms of media coverage for Epilepsy Action. We have been working up to the launch of our Epilepsy in England: Time for Change report at the House of Commons for several months. The launch was on Wednesday 14 February and thirty MPs attended, which is an impressive turnout. This included five members of the Health Select Committee. An Early Day Motion (EDM 441) has been tabled and so far has 94 signatures.
Welcome to our new Epilepsy Action monthly media blog. It would be impossible to report on all our media coverage (you’ll see why if you visit our press releases page). I want to give you a snapshot of just some of the work we have been involved with to help raise awareness of epilepsy in the media - in the press, on the radio, online and on the television.
Monica Cooper, Epilepsy Action's epilepsy services manager, took part in BBC Radio 4's 'Law in Action' programme this week.
