HLMT trustees Pete and Stella were asked to speak about the trust at this event, held in Tynemouth and attended by around 150 people. Supporters may remember that, when Phil died in 2020, his family and friends donated around £5000 to HLMT in his memory. Stella and Pete also brought with them a selection of…
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Nottingham HLMT supporters Paula Brady and Bob Blatchford organised a hugely successful ‘Mistakes Party” for HLMT. They gave over their house to fill most rooms full of items that friends and HLMT supporters had donated. And on the day many dozens of people came to enjoy their hospitality and food, and to support HLMT by…
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Supporters of the Helen Loewenstein Memorial Trust will be pleased to hear that a lot has happened through the summer – additional HLMT-sponsored student midwives appointed in Liberia, successful fundraising events in the UK. And there are more events as we move from summer into autumn. More of all of that later.Firstly we are asking…
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UPDATE 29 JULY 2022: VERY SADLY, ANA GONZALEZ HAS EXPERIENCED HEALTH ISSUES WHICH HAVE FORCED HER TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS YEAR’S COMRADES MARATHON. SHE IS GUTTED. ANA IS HOPING TO RUN THE COMRADES MARATHON FOR HLMT IN 2023 OR 2024 EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED TO THIS EVENT HAS BEEN OFFERED A RETURN OF THEIR DONATIONS.…
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HLMT sadly did not run a stall at this event. Having previously offered HLMT a stall, very late in the day, in July 2022, after HLMT had prepared and circulated publicity for this event and arranged volunteers for the stall, the organisers of Sherwood Street Market informed HLMT that we could not have a stall…
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A packed hall was treated to an evening of wonderful music by Louise Jordan and Paul Carbuncle. The theme of Louise’s songs was “Extraordinary women, lesser known and better known.” They included journalist Dorothy Lawrence, working-class suffragette from Derbyshire, Hannah Mitchell and Florence Nightingale. Paul’s folk-punk medley included a brilliant self-penned song about the hostile…
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Saturday 14th May 2022, 10a.m. – 2 p.m. Outside Crimson Tree, Sherwood NG5 2FX The sun shone, the stall attracted many people to look at and buy a wide range of indoor and outdoor plants and crafts. and raised over £1,100 for HLMT. Big thanks to Carol, Charm, Leonie, Liz, Pete, Roger and Stella for…
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Charm Daley, a HLMT trustee and Zumba instructor, together with four other instructors ran this fundraising event to celebrate the International day of the Midwife! Three hours of non-stop, high-energy, fun-filled Zumba, with over thirty women taking part, having either raised their own sponsorship or donated to Charm’s fundraising page. A raffle, featuring a signed…
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Dear supporters, You will be glad to hear that a lot has happened in the past few months since our Autumn Newsletter, and that several events are already arranged for this year, three of them in May! This newsletter includes news of forthcoming events, developments in Liberia and recent events: A Zumbathon fundraiser on 7th…
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