A family whose young son was diagnosed with epilepsy has helped raise £6,600 for charity with a fun walk.
When seven-year-old Owain Richards, from Penpedairheol, was diagnosed with epilepsy, his parents were amazed at the lack of awareness surrounding the condition and so decided to organise a fun-walk along the Taff Trail to raise money and also raise the profile of epilepsy services.
The walk raised over £6,600 for Epilepsy Wales.
World Champion Welsh hurdler Dai Greene, himself an epilepsy sufferer, recently took a break from his Olympic training to meet with Owain and receive the fundraising cheque on behalf of Epilepsy Wales.
Lesley Morris, co-ordinator for Epilepsy Wales, said: “It is with the help of high profile people like Dai Greene, who is not embarrassed to talk about his epilepsy, that we will begin to raise the awareness of such a common condition, and to show that it is not something to be discriminated against.”