ASSOCIATION OF RADICAL MIDWIVES
Because Midwifery Matters
ARM ANNUAL GATHERING & RETREAT
20th – 27th September
Join us for a day, a night, or a week at our annual gathering and discuss the midwifery issues of the day with like minded and supportive colleagues.
OUR ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY
If you are feeling battered by the system (under investigation, being bullied, been sacked, referred to the NMC or similar), come for a weekend of peace and recuperation.
Enjoy a weekend of gentle activities – walks, arts and crafts, guided relaxation etc offered but not compulsory!
Cost: £40 to include all [vegetarian] homecooked food, wine and craft materials. Bring your own bedding and towel.
Pick-up offered from local station (Hexham)
To book a place: email support@midwifery.org.uk
SHEFFIELD ARM WINTER NATIONAL MEETING
Saturday November 30th 2019 9.15am – 4.30pm
Sheffield Snapshots: New Initiatives in Maternity Care
Come along to hear how midwives in Sheffield are looking at new options and ideas to improve maternity care for families in Sheffield. Meet friends and colleagues and exchange ideas.
Adele Stanley, Maternity Support Worker Trainer will describe the recent implementation of Maternity Support Worker training and look at the impact of this for midwives and women.
Phoebe Palotti, Associate Professor of Midwifery at the University of Nottingham will discuss the Sheffield Maternity Cooperative, an alternative model of maternity community care.
Alison Brodrick, Consultant Midwife will present the development and early results of a study which is looking at decision making during labour (using recordings of labour and birth care in two midwifery-led settings).
Hannah Thompson, Sheffield Midwife, will talk about her recent work in Democratic Republic of the Congo with MSF, ‘Conflict and Cholera; A day in the life of an MSF midwife.
Katherine Hales, ARM National Coordinator will also share with us recent ARM activities
ARM Member – £25 Non-ARM Member – £35
ARM Student Midwife Member – £15 Non-ARM student midwife member – £20
For tickets, please click on the ticket button (above) or use this link to our shop: https://www.midwifery.org.uk/our-shop/arm-winter-meeting-30th-november-2019-sheffield-snapshots/
(Lunch & refreshments included and attendance certificates will be available).
The Steering Group Meeting will be from 6pm Friday 29th, also at Shirle Hill. Please email Hilary on hilary.rosser@talk21.com if you need a bed Friday night.
VENUE- Shirle Hill Co-housing Community, 6 Shirle Hill, Sheffield, S11 9DY
Tickets are non-refundable but can be exchanged. We reserve the right to change the programme at short notice though we will endeavour to keep changes to a minimum. In the event of cancellation of the event, the cost of tickets will be refunded.