Florence
Nightingale
Foundation

Shine a Light

Leonie Brown

Our Purpose

To pioneer change and improvements in patient and health outcomes, through nursing and midwifery clinical and research leadership, honouring Florence Nightingale’s legacy.

What We Do

Shine

A Registered Charity (no. 229229) founded in 1934 to honour, and continue the legacy of, one of the most famous nurses of all time

Support

We create exceptional nursing and midwifery leaders - today, we are reaching over 200,000 nurses and midwives

Pioneer

We are home to the FNF Academy and the unique Nightingale Frontline® service

Connect

We work in partnership

 

About

Learn more about FNF and our dynamic team of staff and officers
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Academy

Explore the leadership development, membership and policy influencing opportunities offered by FNF
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Donate

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Greta Westwood

“I believe every nurse and midwife works hard to be their very best for the patients and the people they support. Florence was the founder of modern nursing and of course, many great nurses across the world have been celebrated since. May we all continue their legacies. May we all have the passion she had to change health and care.”

Professor Greta Westwood CBE, PhD, RN Chief Executive

Our Impact

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Star Alumni Series: Sarah Hanbridge
The FNF scholarship came at the right time. I was at a crossroads. It made me think differently about...
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Sarah Herbert
Star Alumni Series: Sarah Herbert
Meet our latest Star Alumni, Sarah Herbert, Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospital, Southampton. Here...
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IBD Nurse Shellie Radford
Star Alumni Series: Shellie Radford
Meet FNF’s latest Star Alumna, Shellie Radford, who is a Clinical Academic IBD Nurse Specialist at NIHR...
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Belle Barcelona
Star Alumni Series: Belle Barcelona
The programme has taught me to celebrate my achievements.
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Dr Nikki Cotterill
Star Alumni Series: Dr Nikki Cotterill and Improving Confidence in Continence
The scholarship was phenomenal from start to finish. It provided such a breadth of learning that was...
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Leonie Brown
Star Alumni Series: FNF Scholar Leonie Brown reflects on Windrush Leadership Programme
I was lucky to be one of the 44 offered the opportunity to be on the Windrush Leadership Programme for...
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Ruth Wall
Star Alumni Series: Ruth Wall
I’m Ruth Wall, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation...
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News and Events

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Star Alumni Series: Sarah Hanbridge
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FNF scholar Coco
Meet Coco, nurse leader and Nightingale Fellowship scholar
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Students Day Blog Series: John Wells's Reflections
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Students Day Blog Series: Akira Madams's Reflections
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Students Day Blog Series: Emma Bird's Reflections
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