I am taking part in Epilepsy Society's 60 Miles in September challenge to raise awareness for the 60,000 children diagnosed with epilepsy in the UK.

Any donation that you are able to make will help them to continue their incredible work and will spur me on throughout my challenge! Below you can see how your donation could help.

£75 could pay for lab equipment such as PCR tubes which are essential for DNA extraction. This DNA can be stored and analysed in multiple research studies aimed at helping to control seizures.

£240 could pay for our trained Helpline operators to support 10 callers with concerns relating to living with epilepsy including parents and carers.

£400 could provide 10 hours of focused work from one of our world class researchers, pushing forward the discoveries that could help bring a seizure free future for children.

I personally have been diagnosed with Epilepsy since I was 7rs old and eventually through many changes of medication it was controlled when I was 24yrs old. I’m now 60 yrs old and randomly two weeks ago I had full seizure. It’s reawakened the memories of how difficult it was for me as a child growing up with Epilepsy. So I’m going to do this challenge to try and take away some of the hardships I faced as a child growing up with Epilepsy for others I would appreciate anything people can offer to sponsor me I can’t tell how much this will mean to me and all the children living with not knowing when the next seizure is going to happen.

Many thanks Paul Cook

Thank you so much for your support!