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 Iolanthe gives out financial awards, enabling them to develop their practice or to improve services and support for the UK's birthing families. Find out more, and read about the inspiring work of our Iolanthe winners, at www.iolanthe.org