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Supporting midwives to improve care for mothers, babies and families

Our awards support

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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Become a Midwife Trustee

Become a Midwife Trustee

We are currently recruiting a new Midwife Trustee. Could it be you?

Iolanthe Midwifery Awards Ceremony 2019

Iolanthe Midwifery Awards Ceremony 2019

Our annual Awards Ceremony was held on 9th September 2019 where the first Dora Opoku BAME Awards were given.

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Rebecca Spencer

Student Award 2018

Rebecca Spencer

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

Lisa Snow

Student Award 2018

Lisa Snow

Lisa attended a traumatic birth recovery training course to help support women postnatally

Supporting Midwives of Colour

Supporting Midwives of Colour

Iolanthe introduces new awards for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) midwives and students: the Dora Opoku Awards

Eleanor Cramer

Student Award 2017

Eleanor Cramer

Eleanor's Iolanthe award allowed her to explore how mindfulness could be used to improve her midwifery practice

New Lay Trustee joins Iolanthe

New Lay Trustee joins Iolanthe

Welcome to Mars Lord, our new Lay Trustee

Labours of Love - a musical

Labours of Love - a musical

Our 2019 Elizabeth Duff Award winner, Ren Forteath, is staging a musical in Dumfries on the maternity experiences of service users and their partner…