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TikTok star Evie-Meg Field to attend Aylesham fun day for teen Teagan Appleby who has epilepsy

15:01, 18 August 2022

updated: 15:40, 18 August 2022

One of the UK's biggest TikTok stars will be at a fundraising event for a child with severe epilepsy.

Evie-Meg Field - who has more than 15 million followers - will meet and greet visitors on the special fun day for Teagan Appleby of Aylesham.

Teagan Appleby, photographed last year
Teagan Appleby, photographed last year
Evie-Meg Field. Picture: Instagram/eviemag
Evie-Meg Field. Picture: Instagram/eviemag

With more than 500 million likes on her videos, Ms Field is one of the UK's most-followed TikTokers and seeks to educate people living with Tourette's syndrome.

The 21-year-old from County Durham, has shared her experiences of living with the condition since she was diagnosed in 2020.

She has also posted about the fundraising event for Teagan in a video which has been viewed more than 350,000 times.

The 13-year-old's mother, Emma Appleby, said: "We have been extremely lucky to get lots of support from local businesses and we have fairground rides bouncy castle, food stalls and demonstrations by local clubs including boxing, dance and majorettes."

Teagan suffers from a rare genetic condition called Idic15 and epilepsy can come as part of this.

Evie-Meg Field meeting Teagan Appleby in one of her TikTok videos. Picture: TikTok/eviemeg
Evie-Meg Field meeting Teagan Appleby in one of her TikTok videos. Picture: TikTok/eviemeg

She had as many as 300 seizures a day of varying severity.

But following changes in the law she has been allowed cannabis-derived medication, which has brought that down to less than 10 a day.

The fun day, organised by Emma, is from 11am to 4pm this Sunday at the Ratling Social Club, Ratling Road, Aylesham.

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