Walk for Epilepsy is run by the Epilepsy Foundation in association with its partner organisations across the country. Find out more about our work below.
Epilepsy Foundation
The Epilepsy Foundation has been working for more than 50 years to make sure no one living with epilepsy has to go it alone. This means working to cure epilepsy while ensuring people have access to the best possible support no matter where they live. We seek to achieve this through our Epilepsy Smart Australia program.
We do this by funding research, offering support services and providing education and training to make sure Australia is Epilepsy Smart.
Together, we can build a brighter future for people living with epilepsy and their families.
Epilepsy Queensland
For more than 50 years Epilepsy Queensland has been delivering help and hope to people impacted by epilepsy. There are more than 30,000 Queenslanders living with epilepsy and until the day a cure can be found, our hope for each of them is a life lived well with epilepsy. We support individuals to live well by providing education and support for people with epilepsy, their family, and carers. We break down barriers to employment and education for people living with epilepsy by delivering industry training and information services.
We create a Queensland that is aware of epilepsy and its impacts on daily life, a Queensland that is seizure smart, who can recognise and respond to seizures. At Epilepsy Queensland, we openly share our knowledge, we advocate to those who can influence change and partner with industry leading research and medical institutes to further the advances of epilepsy care in Queensland.
Epilepsy Tasmania
Epilepsy Tasmania is a not-for-profit community organisation that has been improving the quality of life of Tasmanians with epilepsy, and those around them, through education, coordination and support for over 40 years.
CEO, Wendy Groot, is Chair of the national Epilepsy Australia coalition.
Epilepsy Tasmania is committed to bringing epilepsy out of the shadows and breaking down the stigma and discrimination associated with epilepsy in Tasmania.
Its vision is to ensure all Tasmanians who have epilepsy have the same opportunities as the broader community.
Its statewide services and support include: Epilepsy Friendly Workplace training, Epilepsy Smart School training, Epilepsy Connect peer support, Open Gardens for Epilepsy fundraising and awareness.
Epilepsy WA
Epilepsy WA was founded in 1963 and provides a wide array of services to support the WA community, including a network of support groups, a free seizure alert bed mat loan program, epilepsy training, patient/carer seminars, a compassionate ear listening service, a seizure technology display and awareness raising activities. Epilepsy WA’s office is conveniently located near to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Perth Children’s Hospital in Nedlands. Unfortunately we don’t receive any government funding, instead relying heavily on donations.
1800 437 453
walk@walkforepilepsy.org.au
