Throughout every stage of our life we need the care and support of nurses and midwives. But right now, they urgently need our care in return – because right now, the UK’s nursing and midwifery community is in crisis.

Under-resourced and burned out by stress, an average of 110 nurses leave the profession they love every single day.* Their dedication to patient care has cost them their health and we risk losing their valuable skills.

The RCN Foundation is here to meet the needs of all UK nurses and midwives: from helping them gain new skills through our education grants, to offering financial support when they need it most through our hardship grants, we do everything we can to keep them doing the jobs they love. Please donate today to help our brilliant nurses and midwives cope through these challenging times. One day, they will surely repay you.

Your donation today will help with the following:

- £5 will help a nurse or midwife experiencing financial difficulty

- £20 will help a nurse or midwife with long term illness

- £50 will help combined financial and mental health support to a nurse or midwife suffering with crippling stress

- £100 will help groups of nursing staff receive valuable financial support and advice on debt management

*According to The Nuffield Trust, in the year to June 2022, 40,365 NHS nurses in England left active service: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/peak-leaving-a-spotlight-on-nurse-leaver-rates-in-the-uk