IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
GRADUATIONS, A MARATHON, MUSIC AND PLANTS IN THE SPRING
- All 10 HLMT-sponsored Liberian midwifery students move to 2nd Semester
- Three more HLMT-sponsored students due to graduate as qualified midwives in May
- Upcoming events, including music night on 9th May, and HLMT craft and plant stalls
- New merchandise lines have been added to the HLMT ETSY shop
- Any leftover currency to donate to HLMT?
- A number of very successful recent events
- Standing orders, donations and bequeaths in wills
1. Continuing success for all 10 HLMT-sponsored students in Zorzor, Liberia
HLMT is currently sponsoring ten midwifery students at the Phoebe-Esther Bacon College of Health Sciences. We recently received the grade sheets and semester reports from Esther Bacon college for each student. We’re delighted to report that all students have passed on to the second semester of 2024-25, a couple achieving outstanding results. Three of these students will graduate from their 4-year degree course at the end of May – there will be a report in our next newsletter.
2. Upcoming events
* Di Jelley running the London Marathon for HLMT on Sunday 27th April
Long-time HLMT supporter and friend of Helen, Di will be running the London Marathon, in memory of her husband, Phil, who worked extensively in several African countries, and to raise as much money as possible for HLMT. Please go to Di’s fundraising page at https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/di-s-london-marathon-challenge to read her story and to donate to HLMT.
* Live Music Night with 4 acts: Friday 28th March 2025 at 7.15 p.m.
Featuring AJAR, Bronwyn Westacott, Fieldwork-reworked and Jelly. This gig is almost sold out. Please go to https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EFZB to purchase the few remaining tickets.
* Live Music Night with 3 acts: Friday 9th May 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
Featuring AJAR, Bronwyn Westacott, Fieldwork-reworked and Jelly. This gig is almost sold out. Please go to https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EFZB to purchase the few remaining tickets.
- Live Music Night with 3 acts: Friday 9th May 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
Another great evening of music featuring 3 great acts:
Cellotapes: Americana, bluegrass, country, blues & jazz quartet with four part harmonies. On a roll!
Paul Carbuncle: Some call it folk-punk, while others call it punk-folk
Strawberry Jammers: A feast of folk, a hint of blues and a little bit of rock and roll.
Main Hall, United Reformed Church, 1, Edwards Lane, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 3AA.
Tickets are £12 in advance, available from https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EOGP (£15 on the door if not sold out).
* Saturday 17 May HLMT plant and craft stall outside Crimson Tree, NG5 2FX
From 10.00 until 2.00. the HLMT stall will have a wide range of indoor and outdoor plants and crafts made from traditional Lapa fabric. Please come and say hello and have a look round the stall.
* Saturday 14th June HLMT stall at Sherwood Vegan Market from 10.00 a.m.
Details on the HLMT website at https://hlmt.org.uk/?cat=3
* 10th October and 28th November 2025: two more great live music nights
Please go to https://hlmt.org.uk/?cat=3 for further details. More in our next newsletter…
* Other HLMT stalls
There will be a number of other HLMT stalls during the summer and autumn, including at the Nottingham Green Festival on Sunday 14th September. Keep checking the Upcoming Events section on the HLMT website for details.
3. New merchandise items added to the HLMT Etsy shop
HLMT Merch group, together with our wonderful volunteers, have been hard at work adding a range of new merchandise to the existing items – new cushion cover designs, tote and shopping bags, table runners and matching place mats, in addition to aprons (S, M, L), lavender bags, festival bunting, hair scrunchies, all made using genuine Liberian Lapa fabric.
Visit our shop at https://HLMTMerchandise.etsy.com to see the full range of our stock and to browse and buy! Free P&P!
4. Any leftover currency to donate to HLMT? Ask your family and friends if they have any too!
Do you have any coins or notes in a jam jar or lurking in the back of a drawer, from holidays which are a distant memory, (or maybe some old British currency you’ve been hoarding)???
HLMT can convert this into funds to pay for the training of midwives in Liberia!
Just bring them along to any of our events
or pass on to one of the trustees
or donate online at:
https://www.leftovercurrency.com/charity/the-helen-loewenstein-memorial-trust
5. Recent Events
* Live Music Night, Friday 29th November 2024
At another sold out event, a packed hall was entertained to some wonderful music by:
Kellys Heroes: fast and furious Celtic tunes and songs, gentle ballads, quality contemporary numbers as well as some original material
Karen Macleod: Raw and rootsy acoustic blues, American folk, self-penned songs – all accompanied by gutsy finger picking
At the end of the evening, over £1440 had been raised for HLMT funds, all of which will go to training midwifery students in Liberia. Huge thanks to the musicians and to HLMT volunteers Ingrid, Michael, Paula, Pete and Stella for their work on the night.
* Rosa’s Lovely Daughters fundraising gig for HLMT 14th December 2024
Rosa’s Lovely Daughters organised a reunion gig and donated all proceeds from donations and a raffle to HLMT. HLMT also had their merchandise stall at the event.
Over £520 was raised, which is wonderful. Huge thanks to Bronwyn, Hilary, Maggie and Nicki from Rosa’s for organising the event and the music, to Angie and Pete S for the poetry, and Pete L and Stella for bringing and running the HLMT stall. All funds raised will go to pay the fees of student midwives in Liberia.
* Live Music Night, Saturday 1st February 2025
This sold-out gig was treated to a wonderful night’s music. Lowered Tones produced some beautifully soulful playing and singing; Tim and Esme Garland sang some fabulous songs with exquisite harmonies; and Borderline ended the night’s entertainment with their infectious mix of rock and Americana that had many people up and dancing. And by the end of this memorable evening over £1350 had been raised for HLMT funds – all of which will go to midwifery training in Liberia.
Huge thanks go to all the musicians, Dave Martin on sound, Sherwood United Reformed Church, and the HLMT trustees and supporters – Carol, Chris, Ingrid, Jane, Kate, Michael, Nick, Pete, Pippa, Sam and Stella – who worked behind the scenes to make things happen.
* Talk to Women’s Institute, 25th February 2025
HLMT trustee, Carol McCormick, gave an excellent talk about HLMT and her involvement in it to a packed meeting of the WI. A lot of interest and active discussion followed, and a small HLMT stall raised over £160 for HLMT funds.
6. Standing orders, donations and bequeaths in wills
HLMT aims to recruit at least 2 new midwifery students each academic year.
The mainstay of our fundraising is the regular Standing Orders and one-off donations from supporters, which are crucial to our work and for which we are so grateful. We continue to fundraise, however we have a long way to go before we are financially sustainable into the future.
Our overheads are minimal – there are no paid staff; so almost all the funds we raise are used to fund the training costs of student midwives in Liberia. If you have not already done so, it would be tremendous if you could please set up a Standing Order, no matter how small or large.
https://hlmt.org.uk/hlmt-Standing-Order-Mandate.pdf
Please return the form to HLMT at the address on the form and NOT to your bank.
Whilst we hope that all of our supporters have long and happy lives, we would also be very grateful if you feel able to include HLMT in your will!
As always, a massive “thank you” to everyone who has supported the work of The Helen Loewenstein Memorial Trust www.hlmt.org.uk – also to our trustees, volunteers, supporters, and Sherwood URC for providing space for us to meet and hold events at minimal cost.
Helen would be astonished but very proud at what is being achieved in her memory!
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