<div>UPDATE - 15 February 2023
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I am delighted to be able to inform everyone that we have reached our initial fundraising target of £12,000, thanks to a number of donations via this page and directly to the Florence Nightingale Museum. Well done and thank you to all who donated or shared our story!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Our fundraising success includes a large donation from the Company of Nurses Charitable Trust, who kindly responded to our press appeal and were keen to fund the transportation, and bring the historic wheelchair back to the UK; adding it to the much-admired collection of 'Nightingalia' at the Florence Nightingale Museum.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Brenda Griffiths, Foundation Past Master of the Company of Nurses, and Chair of its associated charity, The Company of Nurses Charitable Trust said, “ We are delighted to be able to support the Museum and return this historic item to London. Florence Nightingale was, of course, an iconic Nurse and The Company is privileged to contribute this heritage to her memory. As nurses, we are also pleased to highlight a little-known fact - that she needed the help of this wheelchair for most of her life on return from Scutari. It demonstrates that use of a wheelchair need not diminish aspiration or ability. Look what she achieved! “
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Dame Christine Beasley, Chair of the Florence Nightingale Museum Trust, and former Chief Nurse of England added, "We are hugely grateful to everyone who has supported our appeal, and thankful for the Company of Nurses generosity, which has allowed us to take speedy and decisive action to secure this important heritage object. Our team look forward to working with the community to interpret the object, and it is pleasing that we have also secured funds that can be used to ensure the wheelchair is well looked-after in the long-term."
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This fundraising page will remain active whilst we arrange transport and installation arrangements, acting as a way of keeping supporters informed of latest developments. Please do look back for further updates. Any additional donations will be used to support further conservation and care, associated community projects, and display requirements. You can still be part of this success story!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>END. SEE BELOW FOR APPEAL LAUNCH.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Most people consider Florence Nightingale to be the world's most famous nurse, but did you know that whilst serving her country in the Crimean War, the conflict that catapulted her into the international limelight, Nightingale contracted a life-changing illness that frequently left her bed-ridden, and suffering from chronic fatigue?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Despite the challenge of ongoing disability, Nightingale went on to establish the nursing profession as we know it today. Amongst other achievements, she established the world's first professional secular nursing school in London, wrote the best-seller 'Notes on Nursing', advised hospitals worldwide on hospital design, and pioneered the use of statistical data and info-graphics, spearheading the evidence-based approach to nursing we all trust and admire today.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Our museum now has the chance to acquire her wheelchair from the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives, Johns Hopkins University, USA. We are keen to secure the wheelchair, recognising that this unique and important object will allow us to visibly portray Nightingale's battle with her health; inspiring others with similar challenges to also excel and achieve. Few women in history have achieved so much that has helped so many.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>We need your help to raise £12,000</strong>. This amount will cover conservation-grade packaging and transportation to bring the wheelchair home to the UK, where it will become part of the largest and most important collection of 'Nightingalia' in the world. Your support will also allow us to tell the story of the object in an inspiring and engaging way. Indeed, anyone donating over £1000 will be offered the chance to take part in the creation of a short film, explaining why they feel this object is educational, inspirational and must be preserved for future generations.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The object has been recently conserved and restored by the dedicated team at Johns Hopkins who are willing to donate the wheelchair to the Florence Nightingale Museum Trust if we can raise these funds quickly. The wheelchair has provenance from the early Twentieth Century, when it was purchased and gifted to the archive, for the purpose of inspiring nursing students who have always revered Nightingale.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/70786541_1675072402166869_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Dame Christine Beasley, Chair of the Museum said, "This is a unique and exciting opportunity to acquire an object that we are sure will prove to be popular with visitors. The timing for this potential acquisition couldn't be better, as we are currently working on an exhibition that will celebrate the work of those who nurse within the armed forces. This means the object will be displayed immediately upon arrival. We just need help to secure the funds." David Green, Director of the Museum added, "I've been aware of this object for a long time and the opportunity to add it to our collection must not be missed. In many ways it's iconic. The wheelchair, which Nightingale must have relied upon so much, has been overseas for over a century. It's now time for us to pull together and bring this piece of history home to the UK, where it can play its part in inspiring others, giving further representation and recognition of those with disabilities within our collections and storytelling."
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/70786541_1675073744933800_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>More information about The Florence Nightingale Museum Trust: The Florence Nightingale Museum is an independent charity (registration number 299576) based on the site of Nightingale's original nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital London. Our museum celebrates the life and work of the most famous nurse, and her lifelong career as a humanitarian campaigner. The museum attracts visitors from all over the world who want to learn more about 'The Lady with the Lamp' and her Victorian world, including many school children. We explore her legacy, her influence on nursing, public health, and science, and the continuing relevance of her work. We are a small charity without financial support from the government or any other grant-giving body. <a href="https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.florence-nightingale.co.uk</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/70786541_1675085153435427_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>

Anonymous

Anne-Louise Watts

Alice Ferguson

Mats Christiansen

Pamela Henning

Anders Ringnér

Roy Mootoosamy

Jennifer Powell

Rachel Jennings

Suzanne Anderson

Cristina Harrison

Jennie Gill

Bringing Nightingale's wheelchair home to London.

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Bringing Nightingale's wheelchair home to London.

Still £10,370 to go. Help us build momentum.