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HLMT held a stall at the Vegan Market with a full range of greetings cards, crafts, Liberian Lapa fabric, jewellery, preserves and plants. On a cold March day, many people came and viewed our stall and learnt about what we do. We sold over £200 of crafts, preserves and plants, all of which will go towards…
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The Helen Loewenstein Memorial Trust would like to wish you and all other HLMTsupporters a happy and healthy 2023.A lot has happened in the past few months, and we’re looking forward to another yearwhen our supporters will help us to provide further grants for midwifery students in Liberia.The eight Liberian midwifery students that HLMT currently…
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On a freezing, frosty day, HLMT ran a stall at the Vegan Market with a full range of cards, crafts, preserves and indoor and outdoor plants. Despite the sub-zero weather a good number of people came to the market, and £225 was raised for HLMT funds. Seasonal cheers to Carol, Maggie, Pete, Pippa, Ros and…
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HLMT ran a stall at the market with the full range of our cards, crafts preserves and indoor and outdoor plants on it. On a cold day we raised over £170 for HLMT. Big thanks to Carol, Celia, Liz, Pete and Stella for setting up and staffing the stall

Another great night of music – a gig organised by Dave and Wendy Pratt to benefit The Helen Loewenstein Memorial Trust, which raised close to £1,200 for HLMT – fantastic! Stanley Accrington and the Strawberry Jammers each played a couple of stonking sets to a packed room. Thanks to Dave and Wendy, the musicians, trustees…
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HLMT had a stall at the market with a full range of cards, crafts preserves and indoor and outdoor plants. There was a good degree of interest despite the stall being at one end of the market. £266 was raised towards HLMT funds. Big thanks go to Celia, Lee, Pete, Pippa, Ros and Stella for…
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Two November concerts and Christmas cards/gifts on offer from HLMT Dear supporters, You’ll be glad to know that HLMT activities have continued apace over the past few months. The eight midwifery students in Zorzor, Liberia, who are receiving HLMT grants, have all started their new academic year in September. Three fundraising events have raised around…
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The Helen Loewenstein Memorial Trust set up a lovely crafts and plants stall at the Green Festival, which attracted good crowds to a large, well-organised, friendly event. Many people came to the HLMT stall to browse and buy crafts and produce and to talk with HLMT people. The stall raised over £900, sufficient to fund…
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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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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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