November 2025 Fellows' update: Darren Way
Darren Way (CF 2000) has recently launched a new Centre for Applied Research & Evaluation within his charity Streets of Growth.
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November 2025 Fellows' update: Sonia Shaljean
Sonia Shaljean (CF 2025) has been named National Agent of Change at the She Inspires Global Awards 2025, recognising her work addressing fatherlessness and supporting boys through positive male role models.
Sonia's organisation, Lads Need Dads, also recently contributed to the Centre for Social Justice’s national report Skills to Build: Fixing Britain’s Construction Workforce Crisis, highlighting the barriers faced by young men from father-absent households when starting careers in construction.
The report can be accessed as a PDF.
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