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Training and self-development

Training and self-development

Funding for courses, conferences, travel and elective placements

Research and discovery

Research and discovery

Financial support for midwifery research projects

Improving local services

Improving local services

Grants to improve women's experience of midwifery care

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2021 Award Winners announced

2021 Award Winners announced

We announce our 2021 Iolanthe award winners!

Cultural Competency

Cultural Competency

An article about inequalities in maternal health and how these can be addressed by training in cultural competency

Twitter

RT @SheonaJ: Nice to see some fellow @IolantheMidwife trustees here. Good luck to @BenashNaz and @graciee65 I have my fingers crossed for you 💗 7 hours 31 min ago

Emily Brace: Award winner and marathon runner

Midwife Interview

Emily Brace: Award winner and marathon runner

Meet midwife Emily Brace - Jean Davies Award Winner 2018 and Iolanthe Marathon Runner 2020

Trisania Bailey

Dora Opoku Student Award 2019

Trisania Bailey

Trisania is our first Dora Opoku Student Award winner who used her funding for an elective placement in Ghana

Joyce Adu-Amankwah

Midwives Award 2019

Joyce Adu-Amankwah

Joyce Adu-Amankwah, specialist midwife for haemoglobinopathies, received funding for a post-qualification module to update her training.

Rebecca Spencer

Student Award 2018

Rebecca Spencer

Rebecca used her funds to travel to a elective placement in Uganda with Knowledge4Change.

2020 Awards Ceremony

2020 Iolanthe Awards Ceremony

2020 Awards Ceremony

The Iolanthe Awards Ceremony was held in February in its first online event. Awards were presente to the 2020 Winners

Joan Greenwood OBE

Joan Greenwood OBE

Iolanthe Midwifery Trust remembers the late Joan Greenwood OBE, formerly Midwifery Officer, Department of Health on the receipt of a generous legacy