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Purple Day

Purple Day

What is Purple Day?

Celebrated annually on March 26, Purple Day is all about increasing everyone’s understanding of epilepsy. Cassidy Megan from Canada founded the first Purple Day event in 2008. Motivated by her own struggles of living with epilepsy, she realised the importance of helping others to know more about what she was going through.

Purple Day is now an internationally recognised day focused on sharing information about epilepsy worldwide.

People and organisations across the globe come together on this day to wear purple and host events in support of epilepsy awareness.

Purple Day

How to go purple this year!

Purple Day is on Wednesday 26th March 2025 – we’ll be actively raising awareness and getting people talking about epilepsy, and epilepsy risks.

We want you to get involved to help support those living with epilepsy and those who have lost someone to epilepsy / SUDEP.

You can raise funds and awareness by setting up a fundraising page – click the link below to get started!

Purple Day

Be inspired – and inspire others

    You can support us and raise awareness and funds for Purple Day. From selling purple cakes to dying your hair purple, we want you to get involved.

  • Are you holding an event to raise funds? Let us know!
  • Why not wear something purple and share your photos with us on social media.
  • Share our social posts with friends and family – the more people who know about us, the better!

Join us and share your photos on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter

Purple Day

Our Fundraising Toolkit is here to help

We have put together a fundraising guide if you are seeking inspiration for your fundraiser.

The Fundraising Toolkit is a helpful guide to get you started with your fundraising plans from ideas for different fundraisers to how to set up a page to start collecting donations.

To receive your Fundraising Toolkit click the link below to create your fundraiser or email us at fundraising@sudep.org.

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We always welcome suggestions for new partnerships

SUDEP Action  rely on our supporters and fundraise to help us do what we do.

Thanks to your donations we can save lives

For one-to-one support after an epilepsy death contact our support team today

We provide the only support line for people bereaved by an epilepsy death and offer access to qualified counselling. Our dedicated support team has a special interest in, and understanding of, sudden and traumatic death.

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If you are in the UK or Ireland we can talk with you by email or telephone. Our support team will do its best to give you what you need.

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A special day in our charity calendar for 2025.