In spite of the thousands of words printed each day and the hours of TV and radio that are broadcast, epilepsy is hardly featured at all. There are approximately 450,000 people in the UK with epilepsy and their story should be told if we are to make the general public aware of just how widespread epilepsy is and the devastating effect it can have on a person's life.

Would you be prepared to share your story? The research we fund is often highly technical, so we really need 'human interest' stories to grab the attention of the media. It would help particularly if you've had experiences we could tie into research developments or the need for more research, such as how your treatment has worked or not worked.

Whilst we can't guarantee to use every story, each one would be another valuable aid to us in raising more funds for urgently needed research into the causes and treatment of epilepsy.

If you're from the UK and are willing to share your experience of how epilepsy has changed your life, please fill in the form below. We'll contact anyone whose story we'd like to use to discuss how we might be able to use the information you give us - and we promise we won't contact the media without your consent. For readers outside this country, we're sorry but we can only use stories from UK residents.