# Epilepsy charities to merge

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/02/epilepsy-charities-merge/
- Published: 2007-04-02T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Epilepsy Research Foundation and the Fund for Epilepsy have merged and the new
charity, Epilepsy Research UK launched on 1 April.
This is now the only national
charity in the UK dedicated to epilepsy research and it aims to substantially increase
the amount of funding to this area of medical research.

The two charities will consolidate running costs and combine knowledge and expertise
for the benefit of the research. Both have a long and successful track record in
identifying and funding research. The Fund for Epilepsy made grants betweeen 1999
and 2006 for £1.2m and the Epilepsy Foundation has allocated more than £3m to research
projects since it was set up in 1991.

The future strategy and organisational structure of the new charity will be decided
over the next three months, during which time Mike Lancaster and Leigh Slocombe 
will be acting as co-directors: Lancaster on the strategy side and Slocombe on operations.

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The new charity is looking to double its fundraising income over the next three 
years from a combined figure of £830,000 to between £1.5m and £2m, which means it
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