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As part of National Epilepsy Week, on Wednesday 18 May, Epilepsy Action will be holding its first ever Epilepsy Action Radio (EAR) day, broadcasting live online from 8am until 8pm (British Summer Time, (GMT+1)).

We will be bringing you the very best in radio programmes all about epilepsy, from epilepsy-themed music and chat on our breakfast show, to informative discussions about stigma, employment, healthcare and education.

For more information, and to find out how you can get involved, visit www.epilepsy.org.uk/radio

Highlights include:

• Inside The Music Room – Author William Fiennes shares his favourite passages from his acclaimed novel the Music Room and talks about how the book has allowed him to raise awareness of epilepsy.
• Epilepsy and Women – we take a look at the specific issues that affect women with epilepsy, from puberty and pregnancy to the menopause.
• A Man’s World – Do men talk about their epilepsy? We look at sex, relationships, fatherhood and everything else that comes with being a man with epilepsy.
• Afternoon Phone-In – Your burning questions about epilepsy: call in and talk to staff from Epilepsy Action’s helpline team.
• What’s the Alternative? – When the drugs don’t work, what else is there?  Look at the ketogenic diet, as well as less mainstream treatments such as homeopathy.
• Upfront – By young people, for young people. Coping with epilepsy growing up and through your teens.

We hope this innovative way of raising the profile of epilepsy will be heard not only all over the UK but also all over the world.

If you would like to make your members and supporters aware of it we would be really grateful, there should be something of interest to everyone.

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NCYPE Celebrates National Epilepsy Week 2011

NCYPE have made a special push to mark National Epilepsy Week and highlights included:

Print media:
· Pick Me Up Magazine – double page spread page 20/21 about Purple Pledge and our student Rebecca groves.
· Times Educational Supplement magazine, page 22, "Behaviour Column" written by Jon Sharpe (worth noting this is the second week in a row we've featured in the TES and a further feature is in the pipeline).

Broadcast media:
· Jon Sharpe and David Ruffhead interviewed on Meridian FM
· Max Clifford interviewed on Eagle FM

Online media
· Mumsnet.com website promoting both NCYPE and National Epilepsy Week on its Facebook site and twitter feed.

Going forward there are plans to promote the No10 event and we also have a press release going out next week to announce the school's participation in the Olympic Get Set network.

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