FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE CENTENARY
2010

2010 is the centenary of Miss Nightingale’s death and many organisations linked to her life and legacy will be arranging special events to mark this special occasion for nursing.

One of the main events is the annual Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service held in Westminster Abbey
on Wednesday 12 May 2010, at 6.15pm – this is her actual birthday. 

SUNDAY WORSHIP

To commemorate Florence Nightingale and celebrate nursing Sunday Worship will be live from the chapel at St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday 8th August 2010 at 8am.

Details of other linked events will also be added to this website as they are known to us.

If you know of an event taking place to mark this centenary, do please get in touch. 

We can be reached on: admin@florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk

Any future events will be forwarded to you.

EMBLEY PARK

Florence 2010

Embley Park was one of the childhood homes of Florence Nightingale; it was whilst here in 1837 that Florence experienced a divine calling which inspired her career in nursing.

 Florence Nightingale told America's first woman doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell, as they walked and talked together on the grounds of Embley Park, "You know what I think every time I look at this building? I imagine if it was a hospital and how I should arrange the beds." 

Please go to the website for full details on News and Events marking the centenary of the passing of Florence Nightingale.

Chief Nursing Officer for Wales SHOWCASE Conference 2010
LIGHTING THE LAMP IN WALES

Mercure Holland House Hotel and Spa Cardiff
Thursday 13th and Friday 14th May 2010

2010 marks the centenary of the death of Florence Nightingale and there will be many commemorative events held around May 12th, Nurses day, across not only the UK but the wider world to celebrate her life and achievements.

The CNO Wales Showcase Conference 2010 ‘Lighting the Lamp in Wales’ is devoted to showcasing the work of Florence Nightingale Scholars from Wales and to promoting the work of the Foundation to other nurses.

This is a conference for all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses, whatever their role and at every level of their career to come and be inspired by the learning opportunities that their colleagues have had.

Florence Nightingale:
RELEVANCE FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY

An International Nursing Conference will be held at the University of Ulster Magee Campus, Londonderry, 14-16 May 2010.

Supported by the Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland, the Schools of Nursing, the Queen’s University of Belfast and the University of Ulster, the Health and Social Care Trusts and the Royal College of Nursing, Northern Ireland.

The themes of education, culture and thanksgiving will provide direction for a weekend of celebration and remembrance. The conference will end with a service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Florence Nightingale and will be held in Christ Church, Northland Road, Londonderry

The BBC Radio 2 programme, Sunday Hay Hour with the Reverend Brian D’Arcy, will focus on Miss Nightingale on that Sunday evening. Altnagelvin Hospital choir will be involved.

All information for this event including submission of abstracts, is available from:

Screening the Nurse:
Call to Service

An exploration of nursing in the film collection of the Imperial War Museum
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February 2010, 10am-5.45pm

On the 27th-28th February the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery and curators from the Imperial War Museum will use film to celebrate and analyse nurses' contributions to war - from Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole in the Crimean War to 21st century nursing in Iraq, via 20th century wars.

Modern professional nursing was born in the crucible of war. 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the Nightingale Training School from which the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London is descended. The School was funded by an outpouring of national thanksgiving for Florence Nightingale in the form of charitable donations, following her expedition to Turkey during the Crimean War.

Experts from the School and colleagues from Film Studies, War Studies and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, together with the Museum’s curators and guests from other universities, will introduce documentary, recruitment and feature films followed by question and answer sessions featuring panels of experts. A live musical accompaniment will provide a soundtrack to the silent films. Some of the films have never been screened to the public before.

Screening the Nurse: Call to Service is open to the public and entry is free.
Admission is first come, first entry, and visitors may enter and exit between, but not during, sessions.

For the programme and more information see