June 2026 Fellows' update: Al Coates
Al Coates (CF 2024) presented at The NVR Global Conference, sharing learning from his work with adoptive parents experiencing challenging and aggressive behaviour from their children.
By Al Coates, 22 June 2026
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June 2026 Fellows' update: Al Coates
Al Coates (CF 2024) presented at The NVR Global Conference, sharing learning from his work with adoptive parents experiencing challenging and aggressive behaviour from their children.
By Al Coates, 22 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Marina Logacheva
Marina Logacheva (CF 2025) spoke at Elevate, the B2B event for the physical activity sector, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship research on disability inclusion in fitness spaces and lessons from Australia on creating more welcoming and inclusive fitness environments.
By Marina Logacheva, 19 June 2026
Following curiosity towards lasting change
Following her Fellowship across Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, Clare Holdsworth reflects on how paid lived-experience roles can support care-experienced young people to shape services, policy, and practice. Drawing on conversations with organisations, professionals, and young people, she explores what it takes to make these roles psychologically safe, meaningful, and supportive of long-term careers. She is now sharing this learning in Sheffield, using curiosity as a way to ask better questions with young people, not just about them.
By Clare Holdsworth, 18 June 2026
Churchill Fellows Recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours
We are delighted to celebrate the Churchill Fellows recognised in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours.
May 2026 Fellows' update: Leisa Nichols-Drew
Leisa Nichols-Drew (CF 2018) presented at the International Association of Forensic Sciences symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria, sharing how research from her Churchill Fellowship has informed policy and practice aimed at reducing knife harm.
By Leisa Nichols-Drew, 14 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Lyndsey Dearlove
Lynsey Dearlove (CF 2025) contributed to the Global Summit on Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in her role as Global Director of Operations at the NO MORE Foundation.
By Lyndsey Dearlove, 12 June 2026
May 2026 Fellows' update: Stefan Edwards
Stefan Edwards (CF 2024) was featured by Vision for Sustainable Events, which highlighted the findings and recommendations from his Churchill Fellowship research into decarbonising event power.
By Stefan Edwards, 12 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Helen Ross
Dr Helen Ross (CF 2025) contributed an essay to the latest edition of NeuroConverse, reflecting on international learning from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Helen Ross, 12 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Ross Watson
Ross Watson (CF 2023) received the Neil Findlay Memorial Award from the Royal Scottish Forestry Society for his article on the management of invasive non-native species, based on research from his Churchill Fellowship.
By Ross Watson, 11 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (CF 2023) co-authored the paper Girls, self-harm and suicide prevention in schools, exploring the lived experiences of adolescent girls with complex mental health needs.
By Nina Smith, 11 June 2026
June 2026 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (CF 2023) co-authored the paper Girls, self-harm and suicide prevention in schools, exploring the lived experiences of adolescent girls with complex mental health needs.
By Nina Smith, 11 June 2026