*CROWDFUNDING FOR CHILDBIRTH_*
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> *_‘INDEPENDENT MIDWIVES UK’ NEEDS YOUR HELP_*
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> *_The Story so far:_*
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> In the past year independent midwifery has got organised. We now have a
> legally constituted national organisation, IM UK representing the
> majority of independent midwives in this country.
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> We have a Board, a Business plan and a pilot scheme. We have support
> from the Dep’t of Health and the RCM. We are all fired up and ready to
> go to bring independent midwifery into the NHS under contract but we
> need more money to make it happen.
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> Apart from a grant from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund at the DOH
> of £20,000, our applications to access affordable funding to set up the
> infrastructure for contracting in have, so far, come to nothing. It is
> time for:
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> *_CROWDFUNDING FOR CHILDBIRTH_*
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> * Dear All *I regret that this has been sitting in my in-tray for a
> month of Sundays. Should we put this on the web site , in the next
> journal, spread it around our members, or all three, or some, or none?
> Yours, Beverley
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> *Crowdfunding* supplements traditional fundraising techniques with a
> more casual, yet powerful, approach based on ‘crowd’ or people
> participation. Crowdfunding is the act of informally generating funds,
> usually online, by groups of people for a specific purpose, in this case
> promoting and supporting independent midwifery.
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> *_What we are asking you to do:_*
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> We are asking everyone who cares about the future of midwifery, who has
> a passion to see humane, holistic, individualised and safe care
> available to all women – accessible through the NHS - to join us in our
> efforts to make it happen.
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> If every person who reads this can help us with a donation – however
> small - made today, it will enable IM UK to continue the work needed to
> take our plans forward.
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> *Please go now to our website at www.independentmidwives.org.uk
> <http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk/> and click on the MAKE A
> DONATION sign for all the details about how you can help us achieve our
> vision - with your help it can be done!*
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