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About Epilepsy Tasmania

Epilepsy Tasmania has been improving the lives of Tasmanians affected by epilepsy since 1975.

Our History

We’ve been helping Tasmanians for over forty-five years, forming in 1975 as the Epilepsy Association of Tasmania to provide support to people living with epilepsy. We later widened our scope to include family, friends and carers affected by epilepsy, and supporting healthcare professionals to provide best practice epilepsy care.

An important role of Epilepsy Tasmania is advocacy, so we work hard to raise awareness and understanding of epilepsy in order to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people living with epilepsy often endure.

Our Present

We provide a broad range of services across our state:

Our Vision

All Tasmanians with epilepsy have the same opportunities as the broader community.

Our Goals

  1. Increase community awareness, understanding and acceptance of epilepsy.
  2. Build a service and support system that is able to respond to the needs of people with epilepsy, and those around them.
  3. Ensure epilepsy services and support are available throughout Tasmania.
  4. Continuously improve and deliver services and support that meet the needs of the epilepsy community.
  5. Be a proactive voice for epilepsy in Tasmania.
  6. Continuously improve the strength and financial security and sound governance of the organisation.

Our Board of Governance

Chair - Ms Kathleen Brient

Treasurer - Mr Terry Long

Secretary - Mr John Frankcom

Director - Dr Lila Landowski

Director - Mrs Kathryn Randall

Director - Mr Luke Ogden

Our Staff

Ms Wendy Groot - CEO

 

Shirl – Social Work Educator

Virginia – Nurse Educator

Liz – Epilepsy Smart Coordinator

Amy – Peer Coordinator / Educator

Nerida- Administration Manager

Karen – National Epilepsy Support Service (NESS)

The role of our Nurse Educator

Meet our Social Work Educator