Purple Day

Purple Day 2012

Attention Health Professionals & GPs:
Genesis Education reaches out to health professionals and GPs with a Purple Day message. If you are a health professional, click here and register (free) to hear more!

Click here to read about our recent research findings regarding epilepsy perceptions

Click here to fundraise for Purple Day NOW!

Click here to watch Purple Day videos via our Epilepsy TV You Tube channel and share your own by loading them to direct to the site!

About Purple Day:

Purple Day (26th March) is a global effort 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 inform those with seizures that they are not alone. She named the day Purple Day after the internationally recognised colour for epilepsy, lavender.

Epilepsy Action Australia is proud to be an official partner of purpleday.org

How you can help:

Donation Boxes

If you would like to order free donation boxes to assist your Purple Day fundraising efforts please email epilepsy@epilepsy.org.au or call 1300 37 45 37

Facebook status

Everyone! On the fortnight leading up to March 26th (i.e. from 12th - 26th March) donate your Facebook status to:

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Purple Day (26th March) is a global effort dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness. GO PURPLE and help Epilepsy Action Australia raise funds for people living with epilepsy:
http://www.epilepsy.org.au/purpleday

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And change your Facebook profile picture to our special Purple Day Facebook image. Click here to download.

We would love to see how you celebrate this important day so don’t forget to send us your Purple Day pictures (epilepsy@epilepsy.org.au).

A Message from Cassidy:

Hi, my name is Cassidy Megan. I'm 10 years old and I have epilepsy. I started Purple Day because I wanted to tell everyone about epilepsy, especially that all seizures are not the same and that people with epilepsy are ordinary people just like everyone else. I also wanted kids with epilepsy to know that they are not alone. Before I started Purple Day, I was afraid to tell people about my epilepsy because I thought they would make fun of me. After the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia, Canada did a presentation in my class, I started to talk with the other kids about my seizures. That is when I decided to become a spokesperson for kids with epilepsy. Please join me in wearing purple on March 26th to support epilepsy awareness.
Cassidy (2008)

Supporting material:

Contact us:

For further information about Purple Day contact us on 1300 37 45 37 or email epilepsy@epilepsy.org.au

Please join us in celebrating Purple Day to support epilepsy awareness worldwide.