How to Support or Stay Updated with the Florence Nightingale Foundation

The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) offers two clear routes for people who want to get involved: supporting the charity (including legacy giving) and staying updated through its newsletter and news pages. The site's "Support Us" section is framed around helping FNF "support more nurses and midwives to improve care and save lives," while the newsletter sign-up promises updates on FNF's progress and how you can "become part of the transformation." If you are a nurse or midwife rather than a supporter, the more relevant route is the Leadership section, which covers development opportunities, membership and support.

Ways to support FNF

The homepage presents "Support Us" as one of four main pillars, alongside Leadership, Impact, and Policy & Influence. The stated purpose is to help FNF reach more nurses and midwives.

A specific giving route visible on the site is legacy giving. One of the latest blog items is titled "Remember A Charity Week: What Will You Be Remembered For?" — indicating that leaving a gift in your will is an active part of FNF's fundraising messaging. If you are considering this, the blog post is the natural starting point before contacting the charity directly.

Beyond that, the site does not publish donation amounts, payment platforms, or membership fees on the pages captured here. Treat any figure you see elsewhere as unverified until you confirm it with FNF.

Staying updated

FNF maintains two visible channels for keeping in touch:

• Newsletter sign-up — the "Stay updated!" section invites visitors to "keep informed of our progress and how you can become part of the transformation." This is the lowest-commitment option and suits anyone who wants periodic updates without a formal role.
• Latest News and Blogs — a rolling feed of organisational updates. Recent items include the CEO completing the Southampton Half Marathon for FNF, the "Leadership in Action" Impact Report 2025-26, a first-person piece titled "Finding My Voice Through the FNF Journey," and the legacy-giving post mentioned above.

Reading the news feed first is a practical way to judge whether FNF's work matches what you want to support, before signing up or giving.

If you are a nurse or midwife, not just a supporter

The homepage's primary message is aimed at the professions themselves: FNF exists to develop nurse and midwife leaders, "enabling them to stay, thrive, lead and transform health and care." The "Leadership" pillar is described as covering leadership development opportunities, membership, and support.

So the choice depends on your goal:

What FNF says about its purpose

The charity describes itself as working "across the UK and globally," building on Florence Nightingale's legacy and supporting nurses and midwives to become "strong, influential and confident leaders." Chief Executive Professor Greta Westwood frames the mission in terms of continuing that legacy: "May we all have the passion she had to change health and care."

That framing matters if you are deciding how to engage — FNF positions itself as a leadership and policy body for the professions, not solely a fundraising organisation, so "support" can mean giving, but it can equally mean participating in its leadership or policy work.