Our eldest son suffered from epilepsy for the early part of his life. From the age of 2 -8 years old he spent many weeks in hospital in "Status". It was truly horrendous.

Fortunately through a combination of good medicine, good doctors, his own will-power, and the prayers and supports of friends and family he has now been epilepsy free for many years.

Epilepsy is a dreadful illness and one for which there is limited research and limited treatments.

Hopefully through the money I raise through undertaking this challenge further research will lead to hope for those families going through what we went through.

Epilepsy Research UK is the only charity exclusively dedicated to driving and enabling life changing, life saving research in the UK. Our pioneering funded research is currently being carried out in over 40 universities and hospitals throughout the country. The projects we fund are of the highest scientific merit and aim to provide help for today and hope for tomorrow. A life free from epilepsy is possible. The only way to achieve this is through research.