Purple Day 2020Kasam Parkar2020-09-21T10:00:27+01:00

Purple Day

What is Purple Day?

Purple Day (Thursday 26th March) is a global initiative dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness. Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada. Motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy, Cassidy started Purple Day in an effort to get people talking about the condition and to let those impacted by seizures know that they are not alone. She named the day Purple Day after the internationally recognised colour for epilepsy, lavender.

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Why get in involved?

Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide or approximately 1 in 100 people.
That’s more than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease combined!

What can you do to support Purple Day?

We can show our support by hosting a Purple Day fundraising event at school, with friends or at work, buying merchandise or making a donation to raise epilepsy awareness

Wear something purple on March 26th & encourage others to do the same

Host a Purple Day party or fundraising event at your home, school or workplace

Paint yourself or colour your hair for the day

Hold a purple themed sponsored event

Have a purple coffee morning or picnic

Hold a purple cake (or other purple things) sale

Anything you can think of to raise funds & Epilepsy Awareness! Let us Know!!

Have your own Wear Purple Campaign moments to share?

Fill in the form below and upload your photos!

Would you like to hold your
own Purple Day event?

Let us know what you’re planning (any epilepsy awareness events), so we can feature you here on our website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Otherwise you can still help us to support people affected by epilepsy and their families by making a donation to The Voice For Epilepsy or by making a regular donation to us from your bank – SEE OUR DETAILS BELOW.

JOIN OUR PURPLE DAY CAMPAIGN, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE