Each pack contains 10 notecards and envelopes, beautifully presented in a wallet which details the design of the cards within. They make a thoughtful gift, as well as being perfect for all your thank you notes or whenever you want to drop someone a quick line. Each card also bears the legend that its sale has helped to support the work of the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.

These exquisite cards are exclusive to the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust. The suggested donation for the notecards is £4.95 for one pack or you can order two packs for £9.00. If you are getting ready for Christmas and want to order stocking fillers for your girlfriends or would just like a small supply of notecard packs to give as gifts, throughout the year, just make a donation of £21 and we’ll send you five packs. Order by making a donation for the suggested amount and then contact us telling us the donation you have made and the quantity of packs you’d like to order.

We are delighted to have two new trustees on board.  We welcome Prof. Tom Bourne who has worked with us for many years as a medical adviser and Kevin Walker, the founder and owner of a successful national business.

The edition also interviews Ruth Kirkpatrick, a member of our staff team who is heading up our new youth project targeting the 16 to 24 year age group.  This is a really exciting project which aims to raise awareness of ectopic pregnancy within this often marginalised group.

There are lots of other really interesting articles including news about a meeting at the department of health, review of a discussion about Chlamydia on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, news about our fundraisers and much much more.

To ensure that you get your copy of TOPIC – why not become a friend of The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust? You will receive all the latest news and with as little as £3 a month you really will be making a difference to the work the charity is able to do.

We are extremely fortunate to have Tom’s support, as we drive through on our commitment to delivering quality education, which is both affordable and accessible, to the disciplines of staff who assess, diagnose and support those who are being treated for ectopic pregnancy.

Kevin Walker is founder and owner/director of Camille Lingerie and we are delighted to have his business expertise to help The Trust to continue to operate in an ever more business-like charity world. Camille Lingerie has 19 stores, throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, together with around 75 concession outlets and a strong  internet presence.

Kevin’s talents will bring a new era of business acumen and strategic thinking to the Trust and we are very pleased to have him on board.

The Trust welcomes them both warmly and looks forward to working together for a long time to come.

The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust was keen to have the views of those who use our services represented and we were given the opportunity to speak directly to the Department of Health representatives about a number of issues, which included  better communication and information systems, shorter waiting times, improved access to scanning facilities, and better training for professionals in the psychological effects of early pregnancy loss.

The conclusion of the meeting was that guidelines need to be more robust and better implemented and, as a result, the DOH has given a firm commitment to change. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust sees this as a very positive step. The meeting was brought about as a result of women using their voice through social networking and just goes to show what a huge difference speaking out can make to improving services. As we learn more of the DOH intentions, we will share that with you through our own networking facilities here at The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.

Well done and to:

Catherine Hudson, Amanda Jayne Barsby, Elizabeth Dabborn, Lucy Day, Penelope Graveney, Alan Hulme, Tom Wilkinson, Leon Jones, Rebecca Hunter, Ben Arnold Lane, Gillian Law, Sally Ann Silver, Jonathan Zeffert (AKA Tinky Winky attempting a Guinness Book Record) Julia Jane Bennett, Mark Johnson and Bill Hennessy

We send you our thanks. Please join with us in congratulating them all on finishing the Marathon and in thanking them for their efforts on our behalf. Hopefully they are recovering from Sunday’s exertions and have some great memories of their participation in the world’s greatest running – and charitable fundraising – event.

VLM 2011: if you or someone you know, is interested in Taking part in the VLM 2011 on behalf of the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, we advise you apply for a ballot place first. Unfortunately the ballot is normally closed by May. However, it’s always worth logging in to the official London Marathon Website as soon as you decide you’d like a place, just to check what their current availability might be.

The London Marathon places which the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust can offer as a guaranteed place are called gold bond places and are few but always worth applying for. They are managed by our clearing house and you can register your interest in the 2011 race by visiting the CRunCH website http://www.crunch.org.uk/index.php and completing an online application there from June 1st 2010.

Following the national Audit Office claims of failings within the chlamydia screening programme, Peter Greenhouse, one of the Trusts’ medical advisors and consultant in sexual health medicine at Bristol Royal Infirmary, was invited to participate in BBC Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour, in November 2009, to discuss the issues raised.

The broadcast was part of the wider debate on the NAO’s allegation of duplication and inefficiency in the NHS chlamydia screening programme. Peter was joined by Dr Nicola Low, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Berne in Switzerland, who called for more cost effective randomised clinical trials. Peter agreed that more robust data is needed, in particular the rate of chlamydia, per year, per age group, to determine its link to infertility and ectopic pregnancy.

Do you live in the UK? Have you got access to a computer with internet access? Could you offer us a couple of hours a week of your time?

Project 16-24 is now actively recruiting new volunteers.

We aim to extend the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust’s support, education and information services to young men and women in the UK aged between 16 and 24. This group tends to be marginalised in terms of access to information and support, and yet is the most vulnerable to sexually transmitted infection which is one of the preventable causes of ectopic pregnancy.

We plan to research, explore and where possible, design and engage in appropriate information and support services tailored to the needs of the 16 to 24 year age group. We plan to identify activities which will raise awareness and understanding of the causative risks and link factors of the condition and in so doing, to empower young people to prevent the infections which can cause ectopic pregnancy and infertility for themselves in the future.

Project 16-24 is very new project, and we’re in the early stages of development. We have recruited several volunteers with relevant experience in fields including youth work, social work, paediatric nursing, education, Connexions and the music industry, and we could do with some more help and fresh ideas.

If you are interested in finding out more about the project and how you might be able to help us, please email us

We are also excited to bring you a new way to remember the life that would have been, to express your grief and to acknowledge your loss, with our Candle Tributes page.

Birthday Badge

If you would like a badge, we suggest a donation of £2 per pin. So why not make a donation for one for a friend, a member of your family and yourself? This is a great way to raise awareness of the Trust and let everyone know about the good work we are doing. Please send your cheque and request to our head office address or consider using our online donation facility.

We look forward to hearing from you and enjoy wearing your badge!

Candle Tribute

We are very excited to bring you an enhancement to the service, which we provide. Many people who have suffered the loss of their baby look to a way of remembering the life that would have been, to express their grief and to acknowledge their loss.

This candle tribute page gives you the opportunity to undertake an act of remembrance for your baby. You may choose between a short burning candle or create an eternal candle, which you can visit at any time. You can also add a personal message or poem.

Although there is no charge for lighting a candle, we ask you to consider making a small donation when you do so. We hope your candle helps to bring you peace and gives you a place of remembrance for your loss.

For every £2 ticket sold, The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust receives a whopping £1.90! So, get your friends, family and colleagues involved and raise money for the EPT.

You can buy tickets now for your chance to win the funky Fiat 500, thanks to Zurich and support The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.

Or if you’d like to be sent paper tickets to buy or sell, contact administrator@ectopic.org.uk

The Fiat 500, Car of the Year 2008 is the prize in this charity draw, it is low-emission, safe and stylish.

It looks fantastic
says Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame

Tickets cost £2 each and the EPT will receive a whopping 95.2% of every ticket of every ticket you purchase. So for every ticket sold, The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust receives £1.90!

The FSI was set up to help keep small charities, like ours, open; and in partnership with Everyclick.com they have committed to support us by delivering the small charity car draw online; to maximise the proceeds going to our charity.

Tickets are available online and off-line so if you’d like to request tickets to sell to your friends and family, contact us administrator@ectopic.org.uk

From June 6^th you can buy tickets for this amazing prize. On 21^st August 2009 the draw closes and tickets are no longer available. The draw will take place on 1^st October 2009 at the FSI’s Forum for Small Charities. The EPT website and Everyclick will publish the results on 2^nd October 2009.

The Fiat 500 is green (tax band B), safe and stylish. So if you really would like to support The EPT and stand the chance of winning a fantastic car then buy your draw tickets now just click the car and have your payment card ready

You buy a ‘rubber’ duck, through our fundraising page, which costs £5. The actual cost of the duck is £2 and the remaining £3 is donated directly to us and if you are eligible for gift aid your £3 is actually worth around £3.66. Your duck has a unique number which is notified to you by email and off it goes in to a race.

There is now the option to participate in monthly races and of course there will be the annual record breaking duck race on

On the 6nd September 2009 your duck, along with at least 165,000 others will be released to swim down a section of the River Thames in London. If your duck comes first YOU WIN loads of dosh. There are also a number of other fabulous quality prizes.

So if you would like to support the EPT, take part in a world record breaking attempt at ‘rubber’ duck racing and have the chance of winning a pretty great prize, or you fancy a monthly flutter, follow the link below and…

…buy that duck.