Purple Day® takes place on March 26th and is Epilepsy Ireland’s flagship fundraising event of the year! We all know how difficult the last two years have been and our fundraised income has been severely affected because of the restrictions with COVID-19.
However, thanks to the unrivalled support of our members, volunteers & supporters throughout these past two years, we have been able to continue on our journey towards a society where no person’s life is limited by epilepsy.
With restrictions now eased, this year’s Purple Day® finally presents an opportunity for community fundraising to return and we are appealing for your support. We have listed some of the ways you can support below.
Donate!
At the link below, please give whatever you can to help continue our vitals services for people with epilepsy and their families. Our Community Resource Officers are there to support people and families through every step of their journey with epilepsy. Alongside this, we also educate the public about the condition through awareness campaigns such as International Epilepsy Day while we also advocate to make positive policy changes that will impact on the day to day lives of people with epilepsy and their families – such as our ongoing campaigns around access to Free Travel, Reasonable Accommodations during State Exams and the establishment of an inquiry regarding Sodium Valproate (Epilim). From our latest set of accounts from 2020, of every €1 donated to our work, .88c is spent on direct charitable activities. Please donate as part of our Purple Day ® campaign and help us continue this work and much more on the behalf of the 40,000 people living with epilepsy in Ireland today.
Donate – https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/make-donation
Get your Purple Wristbands!
You can help us raise vital funds by purchasing one of our festival style Purple Wristbands in advance of Purple Day. You can buy one at the link below for just €5!
Get your wristband - https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/purple-wristband-%E2%82%AC5
If you want more than one to gift to family & friends, visit the link below.
Get your wristbands - https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/%E2%82%AC500-purple-day-wristbands-quantities-1-100
In both cases, be sure to share a pic on social media and tag us to show off your new wristbands!
Alternatively, you might be interested in selling wristbands to the public on the behalf of Epilepsy Ireland in your local area. If you can spare a few hours on the day of Purple Day ® or in the week leading up to it, please get in touch with fundraising@epilepsy.ie with your details!
Host a fundraising event!
With restrictions now eased, we are appealing to our supporters to host a fundraising event at work, school or home through events such as a purple themed bake sale at work; a purple style non-uniform day at school ; or a purple themed coffee morning at home. Whatever you want to do, we’re here to support you with your fundraising event. At the links below, you’ll find some suggestions on what you can do to help support the fundraising efforts for Purple Day ® and please get in touch with fundraising@epilepsy.ie if you’d like to host an event or discuss an idea you might have!
FAQS for hosting a fundraising event
Light up Purple!
As part of Purple Day®, we encourage well known buildings and businesses across Ireland to light up purple in the name of epilepsy awareness and to help encourage donations to Epilepsy Ireland. If you have a connection with a well-known building in your area or if your school or workplace would like to light up purple for Purple Day ®, please get in touch with fundraising@epilepsy.ie and we will discuss how we can help make this happen!
Thank you for your continued support and please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team if you would like to discuss any plans you might want to put into motion for Purple Day® 2022!!
About Purple Day®
Purple Day® is an international grassroots campaign founded by Canadian woman, Cassidy Megan. The day sees people across the world encouraged to wear purple in the name of epilepsy awareness and well-known buildings across the globe also light up purple in recognition of the estimated 50 million people living with epilepsy across the globe.
Purple Day® is a Registered Trademark of The Anita Kaufmann Foundation.
For more on Purple Day®, see Purpledayeveryday.org.