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Epilepsy Outlook

Founded	July 1, 1987 (1987-07-01)
Founder	Jill Kitchen
Type	Charitable organization and Support group
Registration no.	701140
Location	79 Park Road, "The Arches," Hartlepool, UK, TS24 7PW
Area served	Hartlepool, Redcar, Cleveland
Services	Advice Centre Supporting volunteer placements Epilepsy awareness training Drop-in centre Charity shops Art group
Key people	Jacqui Gettings (Operations Manager)
Affiliations	The Joint Epilepsy Council
Revenue	(2012-13) £64,073 Charity Shops £1,067 Nation Epilepsy Week £24,846 Legacy
Disbursements	(2012-13) £5,000 Catcote College sensory room £500 Springwell School 2nd Tumble Form Chair for an individual Furniture/financial support——to a client in need.
Employees	1
Volunteers	76 (2012-13)
Website	www.epilepsyoutlook.org.uk
Formerly called	Hartlepool Epilepsy Group

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. 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.

Charity shops※

Epilepsy Outlook runs three charity shops where they sell donated items:

• 199 York Road, Hartlepool. Opening Times - Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pm & Sat 9 am-1 pm
• 104 Oxford Road, Hartlepool. Opening Times - Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pm & Sat 9 am-1 pm
• 79 Park Road, The Arches, Hartlepool. Opening Times - Mon-Fri 10 am-4 pm

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. By September 5, 2013, the total stood at £10,184 and raised a total of £14,000. Three McDonald's restaurants got involved with the "campaign," raising £2,289, 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.

Before that they ran a campaign for a tumble form chair for two-year-old Talia Foster.

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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