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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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If you are a Fellow and would like to send us material for this section, please email communications@churchillfellowship.org to discuss what you have in mind.

Blogs & conversations

Building together: rethinking teacher wellbeing and career sustainability

During her Churchill Fellowship in Ghana, Dr Chiedza Ikpeh explored how teacher wellbeing grows through community, adaptability, and shared responsibility. Speaking with teachers, she how collective approaches help educators thrive, even in challenging conditions. Witnessing this resilience reshaped how she understands teaching and what allows careers to be sustained over time, and Chiedza is now bringing this learning into her research and development work with teachers across the UK.

By Chiedza Ikpeh, 12 February 2026

Blogs & conversations

Building together: rethinking teacher wellbeing and career sustainability

During her Churchill Fellowship in Ghana, Dr Chiedza Ikpeh explored how teacher wellbeing grows through community, adaptability, and shared responsibility. Speaking with teachers, she how collective approaches help educators thrive, even in challenging conditions. Witnessing this resilience reshaped how she understands teaching and what allows careers to be sustained over time, and Chiedza is now bringing this learning into her research and development work with teachers across the UK.

By Chiedza Ikpeh, 12 February 2026

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Migration event: understanding immigration in polarised times

We were delighted to host 'Understanding and Shaping Immigration and Cohesion in Polarised Times', an event bringing together Churchill Fellows, charitable trusts, and organisations to discuss migration, integration, and cohesion. The event was co-hosted with the think tank British Future.

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In conversation with Darren Way: From gang intervention to pioneering research unit

We spoke to Darren Way about how a Churchill Fellowship helped shape a new model of long-term youth intervention – from opening a charity with £10, two chairs, and an empty shopfront, to building Streets of Growth into a nationally recognised organisation supporting thousands of young people. Darren reflects on learning from pioneering community projects in the USA, putting that learning into practice in East London, and why he is now launching a research and policy centre to influence how youth harm prevention is understood, funded, and delivered in the UK.

By Darren Way, 5 February 2026

Blogs & conversations

Mark Damazer: Stepping into the role of chair

Mark Damazer reflects on his first weeks as Chair of the Churchill Fellowship, from reading and scoring this year’s applications to engaging with the scale, diversity, and generosity of ideas coming forward from across the UK. He shares how the Fellowship connects people rooted in communities nationwide, what he has learned from seeing the process up close, and his ambitions to build on this work – including through the Activate Fund – as the Fellowship enters its next chapter.

News

Activate: New Fund Launches for Fellows

In April 2026, we will re-open the Activate Fund to award grants of up to £30,000, helping Churchill Fellows turn their brilliant Fellowship ideas and learning into practical action.

News

Activate: New Fund Launches for Fellows

In April 2026, we will re-open the Activate Fund to award grants of up to £30,000, helping Churchill Fellows turn their brilliant Fellowship ideas and learning into practical action.

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