ARM National Spring Meeting 2026
Midwives Voices Matter: Time To Be Heard
Registration starts at 9am.
Speakers
- Martha Miles, PhD student, University of Leeds on ‘Why Midwives and Student Midwives aren’t being heard in the current debate’.
- Ruth Weston: participatory session on what has worked and what hasn’t regarding ‘Why Midwives and Student Midwives aren’t being heard’ with attenders and from her experience.
- An ARM and an AIMS update on work over last year, what is planned and how to get involved.
Plus workshops and a plenary debate on the vilification of women’s physiology and midwifery. Please bring your ideas for the fight-back.
Includes vegetarian lunch and coffees/teas/biscuits etc.
Whether you are a midwife, student midwife, doula, concerned parent or birth worker, you are welcome.
Parking: limited parking at venue but free car parking in Salts Mill car park BD98 8AA (10 to 15 mins walk) plus pay and display car parks nearby. See https://www.saltairevillageexperience.co.uk/visitor-information/ for details.
Nearest station: Saltaire (10 mins walk)
Buses: 60 and 60A from Keighley and Leeds, 662 and 676 from Bradford Centre.
ARM Member – £25 | Non-ARM Member – £35
ARM Student Midwife Member – £15 | Non-ARM student midwife member – £20
Lunch and refreshments included.
ARM National Spring Meeting
If you have any queries please email enquiries@midwifery.org.uk.
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I was certified as a Labour doula and Assistant midwife by DONA trainers at the renowned SIMKIN Centre at Bastyr University in USA.
I have also attebded various burth related workshops like breastfeeding et al.
I am interested to attend the upcoming ARM event in March 2026.