Nurse Kerry Wykes (CF 2014) was given a Covid19 Action Fund grant to work with China Plate Theatre to produce a piece called 'Humans not heroes'.
It's an audio piece - a unique co-creation project with professional artists, to represent healthcare worker experiences of Covid-19.
The work will be shared in a new exhibition at the Royal College of Nurses and will then will tour to other places around the country. You can find out more about the project by reading Kerry's blog.
The Churchill Fellowship will be credited as funding the project.
Occupational therapist Tamsin Longley (CF 2018) attended the International Cancer and Cognition Taskforce Conference in San Diego,where she was able to present a research poster on the Emerging from the Haze programme that she and colleagues are delivering at the Marsden Hospital. They are now exploring the feasibility of piloting the programme to be available to other NHS hospitals.
By Tamsin Longley,
Charity CEO Dorothy Smith (CF 2017) has announced that the University of Chester has become the second UK university to sign the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge. Dorothy works through Recovery Connections to support students recovering from addictions. Find out more about the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge on the charity's website.
By Dorothy Smith,
Management Consultant Thomas McElhinney (CF 2004) has built on his Fellowship research by partnering with local health and education professionals in Southern Alberta, Canada. This includes setting up Autism Connexions to provide education, support and opportunities for those living with the challenges of austism and related conditions.
By Thomas McElhinney,
Entrepreneur Rebecca Cotton (CF 2017) was announced as a winner of an Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award, which recognises trailblazing female entrepreneurs, on International Women's Day on 8 March. Rebecca was recognised for her work with Lumino, a digtal therapeutics company, which she co-founded in 2020. Lumino is reinventing how mental health treatment is delivered by developing scalable evidence-based digital therapeutic programmes, to make better mental health support more accessible.
By Rebecca Cotton,
