HRH The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO attends ‘Hike For Hope’ art exhibition

British designer Nooshin is delighted to have launched a ready to wear collection of tailored business wear including dresses, jackets and shirts. 

We are delighted to present our recent collaboration with the Dodo Pad - The Dodo Book of Wellbeing

Wellbeing of Women are the benfitting charity of the 2012 everywoman in Technology Awards held on the 29th March, 2012. We look forward to another wonderful event hosted by the everywoman team, please see below for further details of the awards and everywoman.

This years awards will be compered by - Suzi Perry

Suzi is a presenter on Five’s hugely popular and successful The Gadget Show which is currently in its 14th series. She has a great interest in all things technical and brings her genuine, inquisitive nature to the show covering subjects from boy’s toys to surveillance equipment and the latest offering from Apple to the newest mobile phones.

Healthy Eating During Pregnancy is the only cookery title for pregnancy written by a leading chef and a nutritionist to ensure the recipes are as healthy and delicious as possible.

If you are thinking of having a clear out and/or selling some things on eBay you can give some or all of the proceeds of the sale to Wellbeing of Women.

We have created a new video all about Wellbeing of Women

Our Spring Newsletter is all about our Research Advisory Committee and their processes and features the Research Projects being funded by Wellbeing this year - have a read.

You can now donate via Txt message to Wellbeing of Women. Simply txt with your amount, for example WELL44 £10 to 70070. 100% of your donation comes straight to the charity & you can include Gift Aid too!
For more information please visit the Justgiving site.

Held at Fortnum &Mason on 15 March 2011 - sponsored by Accenture
At an event at Fortnum & Mason to raise funds for charity Wellbeing of Women, Amanda Ross (joint managing director of Cactus TV) entertained the guests with hilarious anecdotes from her time as producer of Richard & Judy and other shows - including being locked in the bathroom with Bill Clinton, outfacing Madonna and the thrill of directing Quentin Tarantino.

We are very pleased to be chosen as the charity partner of everywoman for their 2011 CWT everywoman in Technology Awards.
This Awards Programme will culminate in a glittering Awards ceremony and luncheon hosted by Carol Vorderman to be held on 22 March 2011, at the Landmark Hotel, London.
Full details can be found at : www.everywoman.com/techawards

Grants awarded in the January 2011 Project Grant Round

Work or Hormones: which is driving you round the bend?

  
 

This edition of our Research Newsletter features articles on some of our research projects covering cerebral palsy, ectopic pregnancy and an interview with the new President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Tony Falconer.
Click Here to Read

Wellbeing of Women researcher Andrew Horne and his team at Edinburgh University publish research on the link between chlamydia and ectopic pregnancy

We are very pleased to have been chosen to be the charity partner for the NatWest everywoman Awards in 2010.
The awards ceremony takes place on 1st December and will be presented by Emma Forbes.
www.everywoman.com/ewawards

Keep up to date with our latest research news in the September Research Newsletter.

Canesten would like to thank all those who completed the survey questionnaire at the Wellbeing of Women Know More, Do More Event.  We are delighted to announce that Lauren Summers has been selected as the winner of the £50 Boots voucher.

Wednesday 20th October, 2010
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Delivering the Margie Polden Memorial lecture, Liz Campbell, Director of Wellbeing of Women, highlighted the need to increase funding for research in to women’s health and also drew attention to the critical risk factors we should all be worrying about:

Helen Alexander gives Inspiring performance at Charity Event at Fortnum & Mason

Not content with running the marathon for Wellbeing of Women, Ed Coats has decided to undertake 30 challenges in his 30th year and as an extra challenge will be raising funds for Wellbeing of Women.

If you would like to support Ed visit his Justgiving page at www.justgiving.com/30atTHIRTY


 

Become a regular supporter of Wellbeing of Women by joining the Friends Scheme or setting up a Standing Order or Direct Debit before 30th September and we will enter you into a draw to win a spa break, kindly donated by Champneys

At the Annual Meeting, held at RCOG on 2nd June, supporters and friends of the charity had the opportunity to hear from researchers at all levels of their careers about the difference funding from Wellbeing of Women makes. 

Take a look at our brand new Research Newsletter, updating you on our latest and most exciting news from the research that Wellbeing of Women fund, and the trusts and foundations that help us to fund these projects.
Click here to read

See how Wellbeing of Women have helped two student midwives carry out an elective placement in Nepal, through our Student Elective Bursary Scheme. Read their blog Here

Wellbeing Magazine 2010 now available, click here to see the curent issue online.

On the 10th of March celebrities, media and staff from both Wellbeing of Women and the LCBT came together to celebrate the exciting new partnership between the college and WoW.

The World Health Organisation published their report 'Women and Health - Today's Evidence Tomorrow's Agenda' in 2009, the conclusion of the report stated:

"Improving women's health matters to women, to their families, and to their communities and societies at large.  Improve women's health - improve the world"

The full report can be found on the WHO site here

As part of their 'Fight Cervical Cancer in Style' campaign GSK held a fantastic music event on 27th January in London.
The Sugababes, Pixie Lott, La Roux and Paloma Faith took to the stage at this star studded event alongside guest speaker (and WoW Patron) Sarah Brown

Not on our mailing list? See what was happening via our e-newsletter in October.  If you would like to join our mailing list please email Deborah here

Wellbeing of Women have spoken out in support of women who do not feel confident enough to take time off work for medical appoinments. Director Liz Campbell was interviewed by the Health Editor of London's Evening Standard to ask what she thought about recent report published by the London Health Forum.

Wellbeing of Women and Fabulous magazine have launched the Heels that Heal Campaign.

Wellbeing of Women's research published in the News of the World exposes how shockingly few young women worry about the risks of developing cervical cancer.

Wellbeing Magazine now available, click here to see the current issue online.

Sarah Brown guest editor of a special edition of Fabulous Magazine

Our intrepid hikers returned from Sinai at the end of March, raising thousands of pounds for the charity, it was also a fantastic experience for those who took part.

Caroline Devaney, who is the chair of the London Events Committee is a dedicated Hike for Hoper and has taken part in all 3 Hikes, here she shares her experience of the recent trek.

On 2nd June we hosted a lovely LK Bennett shopping evening at their beautiful store in Covent Garden.  We seemed to have chosen the perfect moment as all our guests were keen to shop and many had summer weddings and events to buy outfits for.  The glass of bubbly provided by the store certainly helped everyone get in the mood and there was a great atmosphere and buzz and lots of helpful styling advice.  Our guests got a substantial discount on their purchases and the charity got a percentage as a donation at the end of the night. 

We have since held further events in LK Bennett stores up and down the country. Find out more here

More photos here

Once again we were very lucky to be offered the opportunity to host a reception at one of the show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show.  This year our hosts were the Telegraph Media Group and their Daily Telegraph garden won 'Best in Show'.

Our huge thanks go out to all the staff who took part in Moto Purple WoW Day 2009.

Wellbeing of Women Director Liz Campbell received a fantastic cheque for £90,000 from ICAP’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Spencer at a wonderful presentation at Shoreditch House on Wednesday 25th February.

On Thursday 29th January 2009, 200 of Britain’s most influential women met at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to debate the health issues that most affect women today.

We are delighted to announce that Wellbeing of Women has won a prestigious Plain English award.

On Wednesday 3rd December, Ffion Hague, wife of former leader of the Conservative Party William Hague, starred as the guest speaker at a charity lunch held in aid of Wellbeing of Women, hosted by WoW’s Vice Chairman, Eve Pollard.

Wellbeing of Women has been awarded funding of £158,541 by the Big Lottery for a research project to investigate proteins in women's blood which could help to predict pre-term labour.

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