Meet our Supporters

Oriel Amlwch, a craft shop on the north east coast of Anglesey, organised a raffle to r [...]

Thank you to Hannah, Sian, Corrina, Charlotte & Lorraine, who took on a 10K hike in [...]

Epilepsy Research UK supporter Lucy and her husband organised a ‘Ladies’ Night raffle to raise funds for research in memory of their beloved niece.

Inspired by his nephew who was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of four, Craig recently took on a colossal challenge of running 4 half marathons in 4 days in aid of Epilepsy Research UK.

Five-year-old Harper set herself a huge challenge in December to raise money for Epilepsy Research UK. After seeing the effect epilepsy has on her father, she decided she would walk 10,000 steps throughout the month to support research into epilepsy and help all those affected by the condition.

When many running events were cancelled in 2020 and 2021, Sarah didn’t let that stop her fundraising. She came up with the idea to run at least one half marathon every month for the whole of 2021 – quite the challenge, we think you'll agree!

Our super supporters often use the new year as a chance to set themselves a challenge to test their fitness and fundraising abilities, and this year is no different. In 2022, Chad will be cycling the equivalent of the UK coastline.

Longstanding Epilepsy Research UK supporter Nicki organised a local Christmas craft market o raise funds for research in memory of her beloved sister. Nicki’s sister Tania Knight sadly passed away from epilepsy in 2003, aged 37, and Nicki has been a devoted fundraiser since that time.

Rhona has been a supporter of Epilepsy Research UK for many years, since tragically she lost her daughter Shannon to SUDEP. “Shannon was diagnosed with epilepsy at eighteen months old, but she didn’t let that stop her from doing anything she wanted to. When she passed away at the age of 21 from SUDEP, it was an unbelievable shock and to this day still leaves me empty."

In June 2021, aged 21, William Workman tragically succumbed to a seizure that he never recovered from. When news broke of William's death, his football club and other close friends immediately organised a tournament and raffle in his memory to raise vital funds for Epilepsy Research UK.

On Saturday 13th November, long-standing Epilepsy Research UK supporter Liz organised her 8th annual craft fayre and tabletop sale in loving memory of Ellen Mezzetti.

Marion and Claire completed a hair raising Halloween half marathon on Saturday 30th October. Starting and finishing in the deep depths of The Oval Cricket Ground the route took them past some of London’s landmarks and some horror hot spots.

Matt, Elaine and Michael ran the Blickling Half Marathon in memory of Ellen Mezzetti, a beloved cousin and niece.

203 pupils from Swanage Primary School took part in a mini-marathon to raise money and awareness for epilepsy research.

Since 2003, longstanding supporters Farnell Electronics have held an annual golf day in aid of Epilepsy Research UK. This summer they bid a fond farewell to Tracey Hall, who has been largely responsible for organising the golf days, after 33 years of working for the company.

Matt certainly read the ‘challenge’ part of the #6forthe600 challenge, setting himself a seriously tough goal while raising vital funds for research.

Epilepsy Research UK supporter Karen Phillips braved the Thames Path 50km challenge to raise vital funds for epilepsy this September. Starting at 8.30am on a sunny, bright morning Karen began the walk in Bishops Path and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and meeting other trekkers along the way.

Natalie took on a huge personal challenge in aid of Epilepsy Research UK this September, running the Brighton Marathon in memory of her best friend Toni Hodges.

After a long hiatus, the #TeamERUK cheer squad were thrilled to be back on official duty yesterday, supporting our fantastic runners at one of the most iconic races in the country: Newcastle’s Great North Run.

Charlie, son of longstanding supporter Ricky, completed a sponsored walk with his football team East Durham FC Reds U11’s in memory of his brother Oliver. Charlie and the club raised an incredible £1,111.50 for the Oliver Osborn Memorial Fund.

This month, a trio of superstar supporters took on an epic challenge in honour of Toni Hodges, who sadly passed away at just age 37 last year. Based on the Olympic Triathlon distances of 1.5K swimming, 10K running and 40K cycling, Lisa, Gemma and Roy covered these distances each day for 37 days in their 'Tri for Toni' challenge.

The Powar family held their annual fun day in memory of Sanjeet earlier this month, raising a brilliant £930.56 for research! For the last 6 years, Liv and Suki have organised a family fun day fundraiser in honour of Sanjeet and in aid of Epilepsy Research UK.

Longstanding supporter Oli chose to take on an epic Pier to Pier cycle challenge to raise money in memory of his sister Faye, who sadly passed away from epilepsy in 2016 at the age of 25.

John and Lynne raise money for research in memory of their daughter Ellen and the whole family are valued Epilepsy Research UK supporters. They have had to postpone their Butterfly Ball once again this year due to COVID-19 restrictions but that didn’t stop them from fundraising.

Cheryl has been doing fundraising stalls and tombolas in aid of Epilepsy Research UK for over a decade, raising a fantastic amount of money for research. We are so grateful for her continued support and commitment to our shared cause.

Longstanding supporter Catherine held an Afternoon Cream Tea fundraiser in aid of Epilepsy Research UK this month, raising a wonderful £800 for research.

Kevin Kevin braved the hottest day of the year so far to run The Maverick Adidas Terrex [...]

Martin held a car show in Scotland last month for his group ‘The California Look’, who celebrate classic Volkswagen Beetles. The event raised an incredible £3000 in aid of Epilepsy Research UK and in memory of Peter and Morgan Christie.

Jill, Kevin & Nicola Graham, alongside family and friends of the Andrew Graham Memorial Fund, recently marked the occasion of Andrew’s 21st birthday by taking on a series of events in his memory.

Long-standing supporter Tanya held a Craft Fayre at Cheddar Football Club on Sunday 13th June in support of two epilepsy charities and in memory of her daughter.

Inspired by her son Jack who lives with epilepsy, Leah and friends Anita, Laura and Toni recently took on the 25K Broads Walk Challenge in aid of Epilepsy Research UK. We caught up with Leah to discuss the disruptive impact of the conditioning on family life and why she is committed to supporting vital research into epilepsy.

As Gill says in the film, ‘If I thought the cure for epilepsy was at the top of Everest, I’d get there. You’d do anything to help find a cure. That’s what you’d do.’ And Gordon, ‘Our hope is that no one, anywhere, will have to go through what we’ve been through.’

Roy On June 12th Roy and Chris took part in a sponsored skydive in memory of Toni Hodge [...]

Diane and Andrea trained for weeks to take part in Race to the King – a 53.5-mile, double marathon hike from Goodwood to Winchester over the South Downs Way. The pair were walking in memory of Alistair “Ali” Kerr who tragically passed away in April.

Emilia took to the skies in May to raise vital funds for research into epilepsy in honour of her grandfather. She had hoped to do her skydive in April however it was rescheduled, but she just took that as an opportunity to raise even more funds.

Kayleigh completed a 24-mile hike in June 2021, raising an incredible £1,461 in memory of her best friend Emily and her unborn son, Finley, who both passed away five years ago.

Along with their family, in April 2021 Rachel and Kate took on Norfolk's 9-mile Bure Valley Path walk in aid of Epilepsy Research UK and for their daughter, Willow, who lives with epilepsy.

Amanda and her partner John are taking on this week’s #Brainathlon. The family recently spoke to BBC Breakfast News about using Professor Sameer Zuberi’s vCreate Neuro platform, which was partly supported by Epilepsy Research UK, to upload videos of their son Archer’s suspected seizures.

Richard is taking on the first-ever #Brainathlon this month to raise money for Epilepsy Research UK, inspired by his son Jasper, who lives with epilepsy. We spoke to Richard and his wife, Alice, about the impact epilepsy has had on their family and why they are committed to supporting research.

My daughter Grace was four when she had her first tonic-clonic seizure while playing in her room with a friend. A week later she had another seizure, followed by another while we were waiting for the ambulance. She was admitted to a High Dependency Unit and officially diagnosed with epilepsy.

Caroline and family have long been dedicated and loyal supporters of Epilepsy Research UK, taking on numerous challenges over the years in memory of Caroline's sister, Jill.

Marc has taken part in various 10k events every year in aid of Epilepsy Research UK since 2013, but because of the cancellations of many events in 2020, Marc decided to take matters into his own hands.

The wonderful Brenda and family have been dedicated supporters of Epilepsy Research UK for more than two decades. With Brenda's hugely popular craft stall on hold due to the pandemic, she decided to take her craft and plant sales virtual this year...

Len & Dan Allinson The Allinson family have been extremely important supporters of [...]

Over the last 17 years, Farnell UK has organised a golf day in aid of Epilepsy Research [...]

John and Lynne Mezzetti and family have been long-standing Epilepsy Research UK supporters, raising money in memory of their daughter Ellen.

Psssst… there aren’t too many things to celebrate at the moment, so we thought we’d s [...]

Emily was due to take part in the 2020 Great North Run but when the event was cancelled [...]

Throughout September, Epilepsy Research UK supporters cycled the distance between all [...]

Throughout September our supporters and funded researchers are taking on the ‘Tour de ERU [...]

Fred The cancellation of Ride London 2020 wasn’t enough to deter our wonderful supporte [...]

ERUK Trustee Mary and family During 2020, people have recognised the importance of medic [...]

Tia & Matt Now that Alex is gone, our main comfort is knowing that he lived his life [...]

We recently caught up with heroic ERUK fundraiser Chris, who gave us an update on the var [...]

Rachel & Dan Rachel counts herself lucky to have her seizures controlled by medicat [...]

Liv & Suki Thanks so much for donating to ERUK. Keep sharing the laughter! For the [...]

Marie Massive congratulations and thank you to Marie, who smashed her fundraising targe [...]

Brett Often people with epilepsy have been through enormous challenges but to look at th [...]

FRANK Race Report: Berlin Marathon 2019 The support on the route was incredible and I can [...]

FELICITY South American cycling adventure In addition, being a doctor herself, my mother [...]

Faye & Oli Hearing about some of the grants awarded by ERUK over the past few years h [...]

Indie Band 'Ten Hands High' Leeds and London indie band Ten Hands High held an acoustic [...]

MARK & NICKSkydiving for ERUK Epilepsy research is important to me because I don't wa [...]

"For the first time in his life, Oscar's epilepsy became a positive thing; not just somet [...]

My son’s outlook on life changed in October 2018 when the exciting message came through fr [...]

Nathan & Simon trekked to Everest Base Camp in - October 2018. They took a decision ea [...]

Michael is taking on a 5K Park Run challenge to support Epilepsy Research UK. Here, he sha [...]

Francesca walked the Camino de Santiago in Summer 2017 raising money for ERUK - here she [...]

Alex and Julie are fundraising for us this Spring. Julie tells her story and why she is f [...]

Nick and Craig undertook a massive challenge in October.  Craig decided to Kayak from Lon [...]

What an absolutely amazing day we had as the official charity at the British 10K London Ru [...]

On the 15th may this year William decided to organise a football charity event against Bir [...]

Zoe is 16 and has had epilepsy since she was 11. Zoe recently decided to raise money for [...]

Terry, who himself has epilepsy, has recently published a book that has a protagonist with [...]

ERUK supporter Nancy is collecting donations for a sale of designer handbags at Age Exchan [...]

ERUK supporter Lianne is organising a raffle for research, in memory of Kirsty and her un [...]

We are delighted that Jefferson Sheard Architects are supporting Epilepsy Research UK this [...]

Thank you to Eastleigh College who nominated us as joint beneficiary of their charity year [...]

The year has been busy so far here at Epilepsy Research UK with our supporters organising [...]

Nigel Hopwood recently walked the entire Pennine Way for Epilepsy Research UK and we're de [...]

This Saturday 22nd August a Charity Booksale is taking place at Zorita's Kitchen, Broken W [...]

Congratulations! Well done to everyone who took part in the Prudential Ride London Surrey [...]

Lorraine Hughes-Gage dedicated 2014, her 60th year, to raise money for research in memory [...]

ALL ABOARD! 24 HOUR CHARITY TRAMATHON AT SEATON TRAMWAY A 24 hour Tramathon took place in [...]

Long standing supporters Rob and Eve Scott recently climbed Kilimanjaro to raise funds for [...]

Dilraj Sokhi recently trekked Mt Longonot in Kenya to raise money for both Epilepsy Resear [...]

Many thanks to Rachel Coffey; Chris, Geoff and Anna Mayne; Paul Hancock and all who joined [...]

Philippa Miller tells us about how the loss of her best friend Lara inspired her to fundra [...]

Fowler Welch have generously decided to support us as their charity of the year for 2014/1 [...]

ERUK supporters Ashley and Lisa Tong are organising a Christmas Fayre this Saturday, 6 Dec [...]

Every year since losing her father to epilepsy, Michaela Swadling-Stickler has raised mone [...]

ERUK supporter Catherine Booth is organised a Christmas Fair at Shepperton Village Hall on [...]

ERUK supporter Nancy Bettlelley is organising a children’s toys, books and games sale at A [...]

Nicola Nobbs recently completed a Skydive for us. She says, "My son suffers from Epilepsy, [...]

Last year, Martin Bedford embarked on 2 legs of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, ra [...]

Malcolm Joy has recently returned from a Trek to Mount Toubkal, raising £3,920 for Epileps [...]

Now in its 3rd year, the 2plus3 mixed basketball tournament will be taking place at The Sc [...]

Two glorious gardens in Fife - Blair Adam House (Kelty KY4 0JF) and Greenhead Farm (Greenh [...]

Clare Jennings took part in the epic London to Brighton 100KM Challenge as Clare’s younges [...]

On the 11th November Fred Corbett returned from a successful 18 day trek to Everest Base C [...]

An excellent evening’s entertainment was had when Simon Waind and Ruth Boult hosted a Squa [...]

David Callé and Nick Thomson recently undertook the 100km ThamesPath Challenge raising ove [...]

Richard Crayford took part in the Tough Mudder event in November 2012 in support of the Le [...]

John and Nancy Bettelley, long-standing supporters of Epilepsy Research UK in memory of th [...]

The Mayor of Leamington Spa, Cllr Alan Wilkinson, nominated Epilepsy Research UK as one of [...]

Sarah gives her account of the parachute jump that she and her friend Jane completed recen [...]

Farnell have just held their 10th annual Golf Day in support of Epilepsy Research UK  and [...]

In March 2012 Simon Lambracos embarked on a fantastic adventure to theHimalayasto raise mo [...]

We were delighted to be nominated as beneficiary of the UK's largest 2PLUS3 mixed basketba [...]

Staff at property and energy firm the Banks Group have raised £3,250 after two colleagues [...]

Support our intrepid walkers who are undertaking a 5,000-mile barefooted march along the c [...]

Generous Gloucestershire raised a huge amount for Epilepsy Research UK in a charity 7s tou [...]

Over 150 people joined Epilepsy Research UK as we hosted our inaugural Gala Ball on 15 Oct [...]

Epilepsy Research UK supporter, George Moss, has recently returned from the Atacama Crossi [...]

Rob Kelley and work colleagues recently cycled the Coast 2 Coast Bike Ride, from Whitehave [...]

Simon Watson recounts memories of the London to Paris Cycle Ride. "We set off in groups on [...]

David Moran, Bassam Haidar, Kate Biard and Brian and Sylvie Fredrick walked almost half of [...]

In June Dave Horner, Adam Humphreys and Sean Whiting took part in an organised ride from J [...]

In March a group of charity supporters led by John, Rik and Phil Waind planned to trek to [...]

Steph Scott from Aberdeen decided in January to sign up for the London to Paris cycle chal [...]

Sophie Obermajer-Navratil, 26, lost her close friend Fiona Wackett to epilepsy in August 2 [...]

In March, a group of charity supporters are trekking to Kala Patthar, 5,545 metres (18,192 [...]

"In late August I decided to hold a barn dance in aid of Epilepsy Research UK; our daughte [...]

"It all started last summer when a friend talked me into doing a 50 mile charity bike ride [...]

"We originally chose Epilepsy Research UK because one of our patients lost her son to epil [...]

What About Media are making an independent feature film called About Her. You can read mor [...]

"Ross and I were delighted to make it to Ulan Bator. Whatever we expected when we left Lon [...]

In this picture: Robert Kelley, Ken McAlpine, Barry McAlpine, Steve Calvert, Lee Calvert, [...]

John and Michelle O'Neill organised a sponsored assault course at their local 'Go Ape' cen [...]