Mary Seacole Leadership Award for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors -
Annual award for research or development project related to the health
service needs of black and minority ethnic communities.  One award of
£25,000.

NB: This award is for nurses, midwives and health visitors only.

Closing date: 17 May 2002.  Send SAE for application form (available till
9th May 2002) to Mary Seacole Award, c/o Awards Officer, RCN, 20 Cavendish
Square, London W1G 0RN.

Contact for further information:
Moira Lambert 
Address: Department of Nursing Policy & Practice, 20 Cavendish Square,
London W1M 0AB 
Phone : 020 7647 3731 
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Fax : 020 7647 3431 

The following information about the 2002 award is available on the Royal
College of Nursing web site:
http://www.rdinfo.org.uk/queries/ListCharityDetails.asp?CharityID=663

Aims :  To promote the professional development of nursing in relation to
the health service needs of black and minority ethnic communities 
 
Restrictions :  Nurses, midwives and health visitors only 
 
General Information :  Joint initiatives with the Department of Health. 7
unbound copies of the specified proposal, outline and personal statement,
all preferably typewritten required for the Mary Seacole Award. 2 copies of
form for Peter Holgate Scholarship Fund) 
 
Consultation Process : Decisions by joint panel, DoH/RCN/RCMHV and interview
for successful applicant in July  
Comments: Application pack and further information from Moira Lambert, DNPP
(Mary Seacole Award) at RCN  

Further information:
The Mary Seacole Research Centre was established in 1996, as a collaborative
venture with the support of the Royal College of Nursing.  Its principal
objectives are to provide a centre of excellence in practice-oriented
research pertaining to ethnic diversity, racial and social exclusion, and
multi-professional approaches to health care, and to facilitate nursing
practice development building on these insights.  It is seeking to
incorporate user involvement in new ways into the practice of research and
practice development. A variety of activities and strategies have been
developed to achieve these aims in the past year, and to build upon the
earlier phase of establishment (1996-1998).  In particular, the centre has
begun a new phase of recruitment and expansion, and held a number of
workshops and conferences, while taking on research contracts and
commissioned developmental projects at a local, regional and national level.

Online annual report for the Mary Seacole Research Centre (1998-1999):
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/Schools/HCS/MSRC/Searan2000.htm

BBC news report on last year's winner of the Award:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1677000/1677061.stm