Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. On March 26th annually, people in countries around the world are invited to wear purple and host events in support of epilepsy awareness.

How can you help?

Now is the time to start spreading the word about Purple Day. We had a great response last year; this year we want to raise the bar and raise even more awareness! 
Here are a few ways you can get involved:

Start your very own Fundraising Page

You can be a hero for Purple Day by building your own personal fundraising page. It only takes a few minutes to build and email to all of your contacts and is a great way to raise funds where you don’t need to be responsible for handling the money. This can be done though everydayhero .

Sell Purple merchandise on or before Purple Day

Selling Purple Day Merchandise is a great way to get involved in Purple Day and help raise funds and awareness for people living with epilepsy. You can order Purple Day merchandise at no cost to you and we will deliver it free. Simply sell what you can and when you've finished, return all the unsold merchandise and funds raised back to the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria.

Get your club, school, workplace involved and sell to family, friends and customers. Order merchandise here.

Host A Purple Day Event

One of the most exciting ways to help raise funds and awareness is to host your own fundraiser. From a small morning tea to a large trivia night or a sausage sizzle and anything in between, you can decide. Here are just a few ideas:

• Morning/afternoon tea
• Purple Clothes day—donation to participate
• Trivia/ Bingo Night
• Go without for a week—get sponsors for giving something up
• Sausage Sizzle in your area
• Wine and cheese night
• Sponsored Walk/run/ride
• Offer of services for a donation (carwash, cleaning, babysitting)
• Swear Jar 

 Where can you find purple merchandise this year? 

You can find individual ribbons and other Purple Day merchandise available through our online shop.