Category: General News

As I step down from the Mary Seacole Trust I reflect upon the last four years and the amazing people I have met and the work we have done. My journey with the Mary Seacole Trust started in 2016 when I was working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Here I learnt of […] Read More

Dr Habib Naqvi MBE, Director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, has been appointed to the Board of the Mary Seacole Trust (MST). MST Chair Trevor Sterling said:  “The Mary Seacole Trust is privileged to have Dr Naqvi as Trustee. He brings huge insight and experience as evidenced by his Literature Review on Race […] Read More

Student nurses, midwives and nursing associates who aspire to be leaders in the future need to recognise they are leaders already and can make changes at every level, says Karen Bonner, chief nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and MST Trustee. Karen shares her advice with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in their newsletter […] Read More

Major supermarkets and their customers will have the opportunity to show support for change in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests as a result of a nationwide deal negotiated by the UK’s only ‘Black Farmer’. During Black History Month in October, profits from sales of ‘The Black Farmer‘ products will be shared between […] Read More

Greg Bunbury is a graphic designer and creative consultant who is working with media agency Brotherhood Media to repurpose unused billboards to make a social and cultural impact. In his latest artwork, he features Mary Seacole across a number of London sites. Greg says: “The artwork is part of an initiative between myself and the […] Read More

Trustees of the first statue of a named black woman in the UK are today, on the third annual Windrush Day, calling for a national “black plaque scheme”. Amid conversations about what should be done with statues of slave traders and others involved in abhorrent activity, the Mary Seacole Trust has written to the Prime […] Read More

We felt it would be remiss not comment on what is happening in the US and UK following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man. Mr Floyd was killed by an on-duty white police officer who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes 46 seconds watched by three other officers while he pleaded […] Read More

The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway have announced that a 1916 steam locomotive, resident at their railway, will be renamed Nightingale and Seacole to mark the courage of those in the front line tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently carrying the name ‘Illingworth’, the locomotive is seen regularly on the Victorian passenger trains and will […] Read More

London, May 2020: May 12th was International Nurses day and May 14th marks the anniversary of the death of Mary Seacole, the famous Jamaican Scottish nurse who died in Paddington in 1881. Before lockdown, UK based production company, Racing Green Pictures was finalising filming and editing the movie, ‘Seacole’ due for release early next year. ‘Seacole’ is an historical drama about […] Read More

Mary Seacole Trust Chair, Trevor Sterling, has welcomed the naming of the first Seacole rehabilitation centre to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The official opening of the NHS Seacole Centre, Headley Court took place on Monday 4 May 2020, attended by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, Chief Nursing Officer for England Ruth May, […] Read More