Employer heading
- Address
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Young Epilepsy
St Piers Lane
Lingfield
Surrey
RH7 6PW - Telephone number
- 01342 832243
- Website
- http://www.youngepilepsy.org.uk
Young Epilepsy was established in 1897 by a religious charity as a colony for teaching agricultural skills to men with learning or physical disabilities.
In 1904, a school was built exclusively for children with epilepsy, where staff used the local on-site farm, garden and wildlife to teach pupils.
After World War One, soldiers with epilepsy that had been caused by brain injury received rehabilitation and by 1939 the colony was leading the way in national epilepsy research.
Children and young people with epilepsy and other neurological conditions were admitted to the school and then in 1989 the name changed again to St Piers. In 2001 St Piers Further Education College building was open and we were known as The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy.
On 1 November 2011 the charity launched its new name, Young Epilepsy. The new name reflects the change to a national charity that supports the 112,000 children and young people under 25 with epilepsy in the UK.
We know there is a huge demand for information and support for parents and professionals and a need to improve access to, and quality of, health and education services.
The charity has developed a new range of services since 2008 including our helpline, health information resources, training courses for professionals in health, social care and education and the promotion of good practice in schools.
Young Epilepsy presently has no vacancies listed in our database.