Epilepsy Outlook is a charity based in Hartlepool which provides free and confidential practical support, advice and information for people with epilepsy and their carers. Their support services include supported volunteer placements, a drop-in centre, epilepsy awareness training, an art therapy group and welfare benefits advice. Each year it provides placements for 50 volunteers on the volunteer development programme, 280 people receive advice, including at least 100 carers. 50 plus people receive epilepsy awareness training. Six people use their drop-in each week.Chairman's Charity Event in aid of Epilepsy Outlook , Hartlepool Voluntary Development Agency The services are provided for people across the North-East area. In September–October 2014, Epilepsy Outlook's headquarters, advice centre and art club moved around the corner to larger premises in The Arches, Park Road.New home sweet home for Epilepsy Outlook ... , Hartlepool Mail, 29 September
Campaigns As well as their charity shops and advice centre they run special fund raising campaigns including, most recently, for a sensory room for Callum Smith.CALLUM'S DREAM: Little boy gets helping hand at Epilepsy Outlook , Hartlepool Mail, July 23, 2013 By September 5, 2013, the total stood at £10,184THANKS for being unbelievably good. , www.epilepsyoutlook.org.uk, September 5, 2013 and raised a total of £14,000. Three McDonald's restaurants got involved with the campaign,Fast-food giant McDonald's to hold Hartlepool fundays to boost Callum fund , Hartlepool Mail, August 19, 2013Backing is so Mc-nificent , Hartlepool Mail, August 3, 2013 raising £2,289,Fast-food giant McDonald's to hold Hartlepool fundays to boost Callum fund, The Epilepsy Network (TEN), August 19, 2013 and Hartlepool's High Tunstall College of Science donated over £5,000 worth of sensory equipment including multi-coloured fibre optic lights, bubble machines and specialist chairs.Lighting up Callum's life , Hartlepool Mail, August 5, 2013
Before that they ran a campaign for a tumble form chair for two-year-old Talia Foster.Talia is in the chair! , Hartlepool Mail, July 29, 2011
Structure The charity is structured into volunteers, a management committee and trustees. The management committee includes a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Operations manager. The trustees include a medical trustee, business advice trustees, voluntary sector advice trustees and a legal trustee.
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