European Cluster Headache Day

European Cluster Headache Awareness Day!

OUCH(UK) are pleased to announce, in conjunction with The European Headache Federation and European Headache Alliance, we will be promoting the first ever Cluster Headache Awareness Day. This will be held on 21st March 2016.

We welcome fundraising efforts by our members for this day, and we can provide you with Cluster Headache Awareness Day posters to put up in your workplace, local GPs, and in your community, as well as sponsorship forms and information leaflets. If you are planning to promote Cluster Headache Awareness Day in your local area, please email info@ouchuk.org.

Under The Hat Campaign

OUCH(UK) will be participating in the Under The Hat campaign as part of the European Headache Alliance, to build interest and awareness for Cluster Headache Awareness Day. We will provide OUCH(UK) members a platform to share their story of Cluster Headache, and the impact it has on their lives. We aim to inspire public compassion for Cluster Headache, making the invisible visible, and giving this condition the priority it deserves. We want to show that this disorder can affect anyone, and for patients to feel empowered by sharing their story.

This grassroots campaign will get people talking about what headache means on an individual level, and aims to increase the level of understanding of Cluster Headache, while promoting the services and options available for those suffering.

We ask our members, sufferers and supporters, to submit your photo and story of Cluster Headache to submissions@ouchuk.org from , but there is a twist! We want you to take a photo of yourself wearing a hat – this hat can be a simple beanie or baseball cap, or you can get creative with fancy dress! You could even make your own; it’s completely up to you! We want your submissions to capture the individuality of headache conditions, and get people thinking.

Your submitted photos and stories will then be uploaded to the OUCH(UK) website and Facebook page on Cluster Headache Awareness Day (21st March). We will be encouraging members to use their released photo across social media platforms, as well as sharing the album of photos and stories, to increase the awareness of the Under The Hat campaign. We will be promoting the hashtag #UnderTheHat for this campaign.

We hope you will all get involved in this campaign, and help OUCH(UK) promote the first Cluster Headache Awareness Day!

For more information, please go to UnderTheHat.eu