Epilepsy Action is a UK based charity providing information, advice and support for people with epilepsy. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ...

Formed in 1950 as British Epilepsy Association (the organisation adopted Epilepsy Action as its working name in 2002), it provides freephone and email helplines and a wide range of information booklets. It has around 100 local support groups across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and a network of volunteers working in the community. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A toll-free telephone number (or Freephone number in the UK) is a special telephone number, in which the calling party is not charged for the call by the telephone operator. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article is about the country. ... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... Volunteers is a 1969 album by American psychedelic rock band, Jefferson Airplane. ...

It also organises conferences for people with epilepsy and health professionals with an interest in the condition. It also has a website that includes information about epilepsy and runs an online community for people with the condition and their carers. Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ...

It undertakes and encourages non-laboratory research into epilepsy and the issues surrounding living with the condition. For other uses of lab, see Lab. ... Research is a human activity based on intellectual investigation and aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising human knowledge on different aspects of the world. ...

Membership of Epilepsy Action is open to anyone for payment of an annual fee. According to its 2005 Annual Review it has 15,663 members.

Its headquarters are in Yeadon, West Yorkshire. Yeadon High Street Yeadon is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ...

External links

• Official website
• forum4e online community
• Entry on the Register of Charities from the Charity Commission