News Categorised under: Facial Palsy Awareness Week

When a Face Changes: Living with Permanent Facial Paralysis

Facial paralysis after cancer: grief, identity shifts, and renewed purpose.

March 3, 2026    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / General article  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  /

School Awareness Packs 2026

During Facial Palsy UK’s Awareness Week 2026 we are sending out 100 awareness packs to schools to help teachers and parents better support children with facial palsy in the classroom. Find out more here.

February 23, 2026    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  / children  / children's book  / children's book. facial palsy  / facial palsy awareness week  / family day  / school teachers  / schools  /

No medical ‘home’ for Facial Palsy or the patients affected

The theme for Facial Palsy Awareness Week (1-7 March 2024) is ‘Recognising Facial Palsy’. In July our charity Facial Palsy UK will be entering its thirteenth year. Back in 2016 in collaboration with Research Now (now Dynata) we conducted a survey[1] to understand what the general public know about facial paralysis including their expectations in […]

March 4, 2024    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / General article  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  /

Why fans should think twice before complaining about Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber fans reportedly reacted with outrage to the news that he has cancelled his world tour. Here’s Facial Palsy UK’s response.

March 1, 2023    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /    ||    Tags: ramsay hunt syndrome  /

Thank you to Tower 42!

We are hugely grateful to Tower 42 for displaying Facial Palsy in lights from 4 – 7 March 2022 during Facial Palsy Awareness Week.

March 4, 2022    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / General news  /

Specialist Teams Engaging in Facial Palsy Awareness Week

We were delighted to hear that despite the pandemic specialist facial palsy teams were still promoting Facial Palsy Awareness Week.

March 23, 2021    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  /

What every dentist should know about facial palsy

Dentists have an important role to play in supporting patients with facial palsy to look after their teeth and more help is needed by this patient group.

March 1, 2020    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /    ||    Tags: dental  / dentist  /

Awareness Week, Comedy Event, Family Day, Research and more

Find out about our plans for Facial Palsy Awareness Week, latest news about family days, research and the publication of our latest Annual Report.

February 15, 2020    ||    News Categories: Events  / Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / Family Days  / Fundraising news  / General news  / Research  / Support groups  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  /

Christmas Greetings from all at Facial Palsy UK

Thank you First of all, a big thank you to the many people who have supported us this year with your time, donations and fundraising efforts. As a small charity with only two members of staff we simply couldn’t do what we do without you. Changes for 2020 Sadly our Support and Information Coordinator Lorraine […]

December 23, 2019    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / General news  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  / christmas  /

Facial Palsy Awareness Week Newsletter

Facial Palsy Awareness Week runs from 1-7 March each year. Find out about our plans and how you can get involved in raising awareness.

February 20, 2019    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /

April Newsletter: Facial Palsy Awareness Week, Parliament Exhibition & more

Read our latest updates about Facial Palsy Awareness Week news, our Ramsay Hunt syndrome exhibition in the House of Commons and more.

April 30, 2018    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  / General news  /

Facial Palsy Awareness Week News & Stories

Media and website stories about facial paralysis were shared during Facial Palsy Awareness Week 2018.

April 3, 2018    ||    News Categories: Facial Palsy Awareness Week  /    ||    Tags: awareness week  /