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Every woman needs a midwife when giving birth and the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust wants midwives to provide the best care they can. Midwives and students can find it hard to get funding for extra training or to create projects or carry out research to improve maternity care. That is why we give out financial awards, enabling them to develop their practice or to improve local services for the UK's birthing families. Many of our award winners aim to improve care for women and babies who are disadvantaged and testify to the difference that having an Iolanthe Award makes to them:
"Having an award from Iolanthe means that this work is valued. By doing this you are advocating for the women and babies who are often forgotten, misunderstood and already disadvantaged."
- Laura Abbott, Midwives Award Winner, working with pregnant women in prison
"Deaf women can experience social exclusion and isolation during their pregnancy and early parenting years. They can also face barriers in accessing services. With my award I was able to study level 2 BSL and have been able to use my new language skills within practice."
- Sarah Scarlett, Student Award Winner, working with Deaf pregnant women
Read more about our awards on our website. Your donations ensure that we can fund as many awards for midwives and student midwives as possible each year. Iolanthe is registered with the UK's Fundraising Regulator.