Yes, it is again time to celebrate the profession that helps bring us all into the world and the one that we love!
The Royal College of Midwives' annual campaign to raise public awareness of the role and contribution of midwives, both within the UK and further afield, is organised with you, and the women and children you care for, in mind, which is why this year's theme is
'Midwives: The Key to a Healthy Future'.
This year's celebrations are launched on Monday 5 May with the International Day of the Midwife. This year the International Confederation of Midwives is focusing on the importance of healthy families, and the RCM will spend the rest of the week emphasising the role of the midwife within that, through profile raising activities and media coverage.
The main focus of our activities will be the
Tuesday 6 May Event, when we will be combining the following activities to form a unique celebration of midwifery:
- 09.30 -13.45: Professional event Midwives: The Key to a Healthy Future?
- 13.45 -15.30: The RCM's Annual General Meeting - Open to all RCM members and featuring the inauguration of the new RCM President
- 15.30 -16.30: The Zepherina Veitch Founders' Lecture, this year given by Bridget Lynch, Deputy Director of the ICM
- 16.30 -19.00: Drinks reception for all attendees.
Then it is over to you!
As always, the RCM will be producing packs of posters, stickers, cot cards, and certificates, which will automatically be sent to all RCM branches in March 2008, and can also be requested by any student midwives and midwives in the UK who would like to use them to create displays, either in their places of work or at specially organised celebrations of midwifery and the family. Don't forget that you can include local families in your celebrations and that anything you organise may generate interest from your local media, and any coverage that you get will help to raise awareness of the wonderful contribution that you make. Your celebrations can also be used as fundraising events, to generate donations to our
Safe Motherhood Initiatives. We hope you will feel inspired to participate actively.
To request further information please contact
marketingofficer@rcm.org.uk with details of your full name, place of work and mailing address.