This Purple Day, Daisy is taking part in the 26 miles in 26 days Challenge to help raise awareness and life changing funds for children and young people with epilepsy.

Daisy was diagnosed with epilepsy before her 3rd birthday and was medicated from 3 years old. As well as the medical side of it including ambulances, hospital stays, brain scans, sedations, blood tests and medications, Daisy also has day-to-day difficulties including exclusion and lots of anxiety surrounding her epilepsy and its management. As well as raising money for young epilepsy, Daisy also wants to raise awareness about the condition, side effects and how to help!

Purple Day on 26th of March is the International Day of Epilepsy awareness. Epilepsy can be one of the most frightening and isolating conditions a young person can experience. The loss of any sense of safety, trapped in an unpredictable world, not knowing when their next seizure will happen. All this takes its toll on a child’s mental and physical health, and they miss out. You can help change that. ​

Purple Day is an international effort dedicated to fundraising and increasing awareness about epilepsy. It’s THE day to get people talking about epilepsy, dispel myths about seizures, and raise funds for vital epilepsy services. It’s a day for everyone who lives with epilepsy, for the family and friends who support them, and for anyone who wants to make a difference.

Show your support and help create a future where young people with epilepsy are heard, and they get the support they need, when they need it, no matter what.