Churchill Fellows work on the frontline of today’s crucial issues, developing new solutions based on global research and personal expertise. In this section you can find their latest views and advice, news, activities and events.
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Terri-Anne Hamer (CF 2025) spoke at It Takes a Village, But Where’s Mine?, a webinar hosted by Coram-i and After Cloud exploring how the life stories and connections of children and young people growing up in care can be meaningfully preserved.
By Terri-Anne Hamer, 7 September 2026
Terri-Anne Hamer (CF 2025) spoke at It Takes a Village, But Where’s Mine?, a webinar hosted by Coram-i and After Cloud exploring how the life stories and connections of children and young people growing up in care can be meaningfully preserved.
By Terri-Anne Hamer, 7 September 2026
Through the first leg of his Fellowship in the USA, Grant Trainer explored what it means to protect and support children with experience of care. Drawing on learning from organisations in Albany, New York City, Brooklyn, and Seattle, he reflects on approaches that place children’s identity, dignity, and relationships at the heart of protection. He is now bringing this learning back to Scotland, where it is shaping his research into policing, care experience, and trauma-informed support, ahead of the next stage of his Fellowship in New Zealand.
By Grant Trainer, 3 September 2026
Through her Churchill Fellowship, Ruth Oshikanlu explored youth violence as a public health and trauma crisis, rather than simply a criminal justice issue. Travelling to the USA and Australia, she learned from police officers, nurses, teachers, psychologists, community healers, young people, families, and Indigenous Elders about what it takes to build trauma-responsive systems. She is now using this learning to develop a Trauma-Responsive Community Network in her local borough, bringing together those who work with children and young people to create safer, more connected support.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 27 August 2026
We spoke to Melvin Hartley about how his Churchill Fellowship helped him put spontaneous volunteering into practice during the Covid pandemic and beyond. After travelling to the USA to explore how volunteers are organised in response to disasters, Melvin returned to the UK just as lockdown began and used his learning to coordinate community support in Hampshire. His Fellowship also helped shape HYPER (Hampshire Young People’s Emergency Response), showing how older teenagers can play an active role in emergency response.
By Melvin Hartley, 20 August 2026
Maria Roberts (CF 2023) shared learning from her Churchill Fellowship in a new Nurse Suicide Study blog, More Than a Story.
By Maria Roberts, 14 August 2026
Sarah Yardley (CF 2024) has continued to share and apply learning from her Fellowship on improving palliative care for people living with complex mental health conditions.
By Sarah Yardley, 13 August 2026
Symeon Brown (CF 2023) was interviewed by The Guardian about his new book, The Good, the Black and the Boujee: How Black Britain Became Middle Class, which was published on 30 July.
By Symeon Brown, 10 August 2026
Rosie Richards (CF 2025) has accepted a place on the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology's psychotherapy training course, beginning in September.
By Rosie Richards, 7 August 2026
Mike Spencer (CF 2025) reflected on the first year since beginning his Churchill Fellowship travels across the USA and Canada, and the progress of his pioneering work using Eurasian otters to locate missing people in water.
By Mike Spencer, 7 August 2026
This year, we’re delighted to introduce a brand-new Fellowship programme: Civic and democratic engagement. If you have an idea to strengthen democracy, civic participation, or community voice in the UK, this could be the opportunity for you. Applications open on 1 September, so now is a great time to explore our programmes and find the one that works best for your idea.
This year, we’re delighted to introduce a brand-new Fellowship programme: Civic and democratic engagement. If you have an idea to strengthen democracy, civic participation, or community voice in the UK, this could be the opportunity for you. Applications open on 1 September, so now is a great time to explore our programmes and find the one that works best for your idea.
