Career
After being evacuated twice because of instability in the eastern regions of Zaire, Mrs Toulmin and her family returned to Australia in 1991. Over 20,000 CDs were sold, and the entrepreneurial work still continues even though ‘Brass for Africa’ wound down in 2007 and administration was transferred to an arm of Anglican Churches Springwood (NSW). Mrs Toulmin continues to work with Anglican Aid and other agencies, to secure funding and provide support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mrs Toulmin was involved in establishing Langham Trust Australia in 1980-1981 to fund scholarships for young evangelical leaders from the Majority World.
In 2001 the Trust was restructured as Langham Partnership Australia, the Australian arm of Langham Partnership International, and Mrs Toulmin served as the Executive Officer from 2001 until 2014. Mrs Toulmin promoted the work of Langham Partnership Australia through regular newsletters, articles and speaking tours.
Mrs Toulmin has organised, conducted and sung in music programs for more than 30 years, including two live album recordings. She organised the performance of the Opera Orchestra and a 700-voice mass choir at the Sydney Opera House for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Songs of Praise program filmed for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
