NATIONAL charity Epilepsy Action is urging tea drinkers around the UK to get their cups and saucers ready for National Tea Break 2009.

The annual event, on Friday, October 23, allows tea lovers to get together to help raise vital funds for the charity simply by drinking tea and eating cake.

Everyone who registers to be a Tea Break organiser will receive an pack containing useful hints and tips, posters to promote the event, invitation cards, celebrity recipe cards and lots more. Visit www.epilepsy.org.uk/teabreak.