How can I be involved
Get involved with Epilepsy WA
There are many ways you can help Epilepsy WA support people living with epilepsy and their families across Western Australia.
Whether you would like to donate, volunteer, become a member, organise a fundraiser, take part in an event or partner with us, every contribution helps us provide vital services, education and support throughout our community.
Explore the options below to find the way of getting involved that is right for you.
Make a donation
Help fund epilepsy support, education and community services across WA.
Become a member
Join the Epilepsy WA community and help strengthen our collective voice.
Volunteer with us
Share your time, skills or lived experience to make a difference.
Fundraise for Epilepsy WA
Organise an epilepsy awareness activity and access free resources.
Attend an event
Join one of our events and help to bring epilepsy out of the shadows.
Partner with us
Support Epilepsy WA through sponsorship or a corporate partnership.
Become a Donor
Epilepsy WA relies heavily upon public donations to provide essential epilepsy support services for the 1 in 25 who will be diagnosed with epilepsy and their loved ones.
Your donation will enable us to improve the quality of life for people living with epilepsy, through our many services. A donation, no matter how small, can really make a difference.
There are several ways you can become a donor.
Make a monetary donation
Epilepsy WA is dependent on community support to enable us to continue to make a difference in the lives of people living with epilepsy. We are a registered charity and donations of $2 and over are tax-deductible.
Please help us by making a donation today. We issue receipts for donations of $5 or more, amounts below this are receipted on request. You can:
Send a donation
Please help us by making a donation today. Donations can be made online or a cheque can be forwarded to Epilepsy WA at 11 Aberdare Road, Nedlands WA 6009.
Set up regular donations by direct debit
By making a regular tax-deductible donation using direct debit from your bank account, you can help us keep donation process costs to a minimum. To further assist you can request one annual receipt. Regular giving also assists us in effectively planning our future, ensuring greater certainty for critical programs. Please contact [email protected] for our bank account details.
Celebration
You may choose to nominate the Epilepsy WA as the recipient of a donation in lieu of giving or receiving gifts. One way to do this is through Facebook’s Paypal Giving Program which can be done through your Facebook page or by setting up a fundraising portal such as GoFundraise, GiveNow or MyCause. Please contact our office if you need help with this on 1300 660 880.
Donate through your workplace
Consult with your employer and ask for a payroll deduction to be made from your salary direct to Epilepsy WA. Deductions are made from salary before tax. Some generous employers match employee contributions.
Make a bequest
Once you have provided for your loved ones, you may wish to consider leaving a gift in your Will to Epilepsy WA.
A bequest can help Epilepsy WA continue to make a meaningful difference to the lives of West Australians living with epilepsy. Your support will assist future generations and help ensure a fair go for those diagnosed.
We encourage everyone to have a valid Will in place. Many Australians do not, and having one ensures your assets are distributed according to your wishes.
If you have included a gift to Epilepsy WA in your Will, we would value the opportunity to thank you personally for your generosity. Please contact [email protected].
As a guide, the following wording may be helpful:
“I give and bequeath, free of all duties and taxes, [insert amount or description of asset] to Epilepsy WA of 11 Aberdare Road, Nedlands WA 6009, ABN 75 216 697 366, absolutely, for its general charitable purposes. I declare that the receipt of the Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer or other authorised officer of Epilepsy WA shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my executors.”
In memory giving
Epilepsy WA provides grief and loss support services for those who have experienced the death of a loved one due to epilepsy.
We have an in-memory tree, where a ribbon bearing the name of your loved one can be placed, and we have a hand crafted in memorial book of remembrance in our office.
Sometimes people who have experienced a loss choose to raise funds or request donations in lieu of flowers, as a way to honour and remember their loved one.
Group or Corporate In Memory Gifts
When someone dies their passing has a profound effect on their work colleagues, sports team or social group. Many times the group feels they would like to do something together to jointly honour the memory of their friend who has died.
Donations may collected from a variety of sources:
- from the employer
- from colleagues
- from a fundraising activity specially organised in honour of their friend
- collected at sporting events or a social dinner
Epilepsy WA greatly appreciates these acts of generosity at a time of personal loss.
Please contact [email protected] to discuss.
Become a Member
Please consider joining Epilepsy WA from just $25 per year.
Your membership helps our organisation to continue to provide an array of services to help support those whose lives are touched by a diagnosis of epilepsy.
Becoming a Member helps to
- Coordinate a growing network of support groups throughout the state
- Organise much-needed information seminars for our community on topics of interest
- Provide an online training portal for epilepsy-related training.
- Participate in the nationwide rollout of the Epilepsy Smart Schools Initiative.
- Provide an information telephone line and compassionate ear support service
- Provide a free seizure-alert bed mat loan program
- Provide a free Night Watch loan program to children and young adults
- Provide a large display of seizure-alert technologies
- Provide a free children’s book library
- Offer support through our in-house nurse
- Raise awareness and educate community
Your membership entitles you to
- Participate in one of our support groups
- Discounted rates to our Annual Purple Walk 4 Epilepsy WA
- Access to our free seizure-alert bed mat loan service
- Access to our free Night Watch loan service
- Invitations to scheduled seminars, educational programs and social events
- The right to vote at our general meetings
- Various benefits and privileges that may be publicised as being available to members at any time
Furthermore, the combined voice of our community of members, helps to give the organisation the strength of voice to lobby for positive change.
Become a Volunteer
Epilepsy WA relies heavily upon volunteers and there are many ways to help make a difference.
Become a volunteer - gift your time
Epilepsy WA actively seeks those who may wish to assist with one or more of the following roles:
- Guest Speakers – assist with profiling Epilepsy WA, gaining sponsorship or donations whilst presenting appropriate epilepsy-related messages to targeted community groups.
- Fundraising Volunteers – participate in fundraising activities within your community. Your enthusiasm in generating much-needed funds is very much appreciated.
- Peer Support – participate by sharing your personal experience with members in similar situations.
- Special Projects – assist with operating/participating in short term projects, such as events, task forces and focus groups.
If you are interested in volunteering with Epilepsy WA or have an questions, please contact [email protected].
Fundraise for Epilepsy WA
Consider hosting a purple themed – the colour of epilepsy awareness – event at your school, home or workplace.
Host a purple themed event for Epilepsy WA
There are many ways that you can help raise awareness and vital funds for Epilepsy WA.
Here’s a few ideas to get you started:
- Hold a free dress day / crazy sock / crazy tie / crazy hair day for a gold coin donation
- Sell merchandise and hand out information
- Have a bake sale
- Host a morning tea / lunch
- Hold a book sale
- Have a colour run
- Organise a raffle
- Set yourself a personal challenge
You can buy merchandise online or download a merchandise order form.
Free Resources
We can help to make your event very special with some free items.
Order a free Fundraising Sample Pack
The Free Fundraising Sample Pack contains a small selection of the following get you started (more items can be requested):
- Posters
- Donation QR Poster
- Balloons
- Merchandise Order Form
- Event Flyers
Please contact us if you are planning to host a purple party to help raise awareness and vital funds for Epilepsy WA.
We would love to discuss your ideas. Email [email protected], call us on 1300 660 880 or order a free sample pack.
Free Fundraising Sample Pack Order Form
Support Purple Day & Buy Merchandise
Each March the world turns purple in support of the 65 million people living with epilepsy, with Purple Day falling on March 26th.
During March 2026 Epilepsy WA invites you to join them in raising epilepsy awareness and vital funds by holding a purple themed fundraiser during Purple Month 4 Epilepsy WA.
You can support us by hosting a purple themed event at your school, office or workplace, purchasing some purple merchandise, displaying some purple merchandise at an event or workplace or you like to share your story on social media.
We’d love to discuss your ideas and support your event – email [email protected] or call us on 1300 660 880.
Posters for fundraising
Dowload the following free posters to help with your fundraising.
Attend an event
Join one of our events and help to to bring epilepsy out of the shadows. Register today and support the 1 in 25 West Australians who will be diagnosed with epilepsy.
Annual Purple Walk 4 Epilepsy WA
The Purple Walk 4 Epilepsy WA is a family fun day event, held at the Edinburgh Oval South, Curtin University, Bentley.
It usually takes place on the closest Sunday to Purple Day (March 26th), each year. A day where the community dresses up in purple and unites to shine a light on epilepsy and helps raise vital funds for Epilepsy WA who relies heavily on community support.
This is our biggest fundraising event of the year and a wonderful opportunity to come together to raise awareness and meet other people with a lived experience of epilepsy.
The Purple Walk 4 Epilepsy WA is a family friendly event which includes an all abilities walking track, live music, entertainment, food trucks, animal farm & much more. All pre-registered children will receive a free gift so gather your friends and family and come join in the purple fun! Wear your favourite purple, meet new (and old friends) while joining together in a bid to raise epilepsy awareness.
Registrations will open in December 2026 so keep an eye on our Facebook page or check back here.
If you are a local business and would like to support the Purple Walk 4 Epilepsy WA & Family Fun Day in the form of sponsorship or donation of raffle prizes, please email [email protected]
Purple Lights 4 Epilepsy WA on Purple Day (March 26th)
March 26 is Purple Day. Each year Epilepsy WA organises for landmarks across WA to shine purple in a bid to raise awareness of epilepsy and show support for West Aussies living with epilepsy and sadly too, in memory of loved ones lost to epilepsy.
In 2026 we had a shared a record-breaking 63 landmarks that pledged to light up across WA and we will endeavour to break that record again in 2027.
Please check back here in December 2026 to see the list of landmarks for 2027.
Step 4 Epilepsy WA Virtual Challenge
Join us each September as the WA community collectively walk 25 million steps across WA in a bid to raise awareness of epilepsy.
Participants from all over WA are encouraged to register to join us and walk 10,000 steps a day or set a personal goal.
By stepping up and participating, you’re helping to bring epilepsy out of the shadows and you are supporting your local epilepsy association, which has been on the ground and working hard in WA for over 60 years.
Let’s see how far we can go for Epilepsy WA and epilepsy awareness!
Register today to take part in our virtual step challenge each September – Step 4 Epilepsy WA.
Become a partner
Epilepsy WA recognises the importance of developing and nurturing strong links with the corporate sector in our efforts to make a positive difference to the lives of people living with epilepsy.
Corporate partnership
In partnering with corporations, Epilepsy WA seeks to engage our partners in long term, strategic and mutually beneficial relationships. We are focused on developing partnerships of involvement and commitment.
Epilepsy WA would welcome the opportunity to discuss the number of Corporate Sponsorship Packages available.
Please contact us to discuss these options [email protected].
DISCLAIMER
Important Message: The information contained within this website is not intended to take the place of individual medical advice. Do not make changes to treatment or medications without first discussing with your treating clinician.
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