Migraine Awareness Week 2023

For this year’s Migraine Awareness Week (Sunday 24th to Saturday 30th September) we are asking you to join us again in our campaign for #BetterMigraineCare. Help us to raise awareness for the one in seven adults and one in ten children in the UK living with migraine.

Migraine has been dismissed for too long as “just a headache”, despite it being a complex and debilitating neurological disorder. We know that for those living with migraine it has a significant impact on their quality of life, impacting their mental health, relationships, education and their ability to work.

How you can support #MAW23

Join the conversation

Join the #BetterMigraineCare conversation on social media and share your experience of living with migraine for #MAW23

Take action

You can write to your MP, and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland residents can also contact their MSP (Scotland), AM (Wales) or MLA (Northern Ireland) in your regional parliament or attend a patient advocate event at your local Parliament

Fundraise

Fundraise by hosting an event or by joining one of our Migraine Awareness Weeks walks (we will have more details soon)

Write to your local newspaper

We will be running a media campaign that will focus on national and local media which you can support by writing a letter to your local newspaper

Information resources

We have lots of free and easy to understand downloadable information to help you learn more about migraine, its impact, and how to help yourself and other people with their migraine

Dismissed for too long

For Migraine Awareness Week 2022 you joined us in our campaign for better care and support for children and young people with migraine with the release of our report, Dismissed for too long: The impact of migraine on children and young people.

In 2021, we released our report, Dismissed for too long, for Migraine Awareness Week.

Our report revealed the legacy of pain and damaged lives caused by the UK’s broken migraine healthcare system – from waiting years to be diagnosed to a lack of access to specialist care and new treatment. You, our supporters took the conversation of #BetterMigraineCare to social media, your local press and your local representatives.

Our research shows that:

32% almost a third (32%) say migraine negatively affects their mental health

72% 72% of children with migraine say that it makes them feel worried

30% three in ten (30%) say migraine negatively affects their working life

Migraine information resources

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Migraine Awareness Week 2023