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-====== ABOUT HEARTWOOD ======+====== About Heartwood ======
  
 In April 1971, Fred Fletcher Hyde, George Smith, Nalda Gosling, Albert Priest, Arthur Jenner and Albert Orbell set up the National Institute of Medical Herbalists Limited Education Fund\\ In April 1971, Fred Fletcher Hyde, George Smith, Nalda Gosling, Albert Priest, Arthur Jenner and Albert Orbell set up the National Institute of Medical Herbalists Limited Education Fund\\
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 In pursuit of these charitable objectives, the Education Fund makes grants to organisations and educational establishments, sponsors research, and supports the provision of herbal practice and education facilities throughout the United Kingdom. In pursuit of these charitable objectives, the Education Fund makes grants to organisations and educational establishments, sponsors research, and supports the provision of herbal practice and education facilities throughout the United Kingdom.
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 +In April 2016, The National Insitute of Medical Herbalists Education Fund, at the instigation of Paul Hambly, MNIMH (Chair of the Fund) launched a new educational initiative, under the name Heartwood, with the aim of producing a suite of blended learning courses and programmes as part of its mission to promote excellence in herbal medicine education.\\
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 +The project is currenlty managed by Guy Waddell PhD fHEA, MNIMH as Director of Studies Hananja Brice-Ytsma, MSc FNIMH as Clinical Director, Adrian McDermott BSc, as Head of Operations, Lisa Smith as General Manager and Nikki Harrison as Course Administrator.\\
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 +In line with its charitable status, all income derived from Heartwood in excess of course production costs is used by the Education Fund to support new initiatives that benefit herbal medicine as a whole. Whilst the Trustees of the Herbal Medicine Trust believe that Heartwood can make a significant contribution to national and international education in herbal medicine, the Herbal Medicine Trust seeks to encourage and support the work of all institutions offering professional herbalist training, and to share knowledge and resources wherever possible.