Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' Update: Sepideh Mojabi
Sepideh Mojabi ( CF 2020) has been appointed Chair of the charity NERS, the North of England Refugee Service.
By Sepideh Mojabi, 2025
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Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' Update: Sepideh Mojabi
Sepideh Mojabi ( CF 2020) has been appointed Chair of the charity NERS, the North of England Refugee Service.
By Sepideh Mojabi, 2025
Report Towards an Anglo-Islamic Architecture
By Abdullah Geelah, 2018
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Becky Rogerson
Becky Rogerson MBE has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from Durham University.
By Becky Rogerson, 2025
Fellows' updates June 2025 Fellows' update: Patrick Vernon
Patrick Vernon marked Windrush Day with a tribute at Hackney Council’s official event, where he led a one-minute silence in memory of the Windrush Pioneers. He also wrote a powerful reflection for Windrush100.
By Patrick Vernon, 2025
Blogs & conversations Advancing Sexual Self-Advocacy for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Sue Sharples travelled to the USA and Canada to explore new approaches to preventing sexual harm among adults with a learning disability – including linking self-advocacy skills to sexual rights education and using trauma-informed practice. Since returning, she has co-authored a training pack for social care staff and worked with learning disabled colleagues in Lancashire to develop a new sexual self-advocacy resource. Grounded in the belief that people should be their own first line of defence, it’s already helping people feel safer, better informed, and more in control.
By Sue Sharples, 2025
Blogs & conversations Giving Suicide a Language
I grew up without the words to talk about suicide – and didn’t speak about my own bereavement until my forties. My Fellowship set me on a path to change that, taking me to India and Canada to explore suicide prevention in communities like my own. Since then, I’ve joined a global network of preventionists, trained in early intervention, and started sharing what I’ve learned – from working with therapists to leading workshops with young people to help open up conversations.
By Anoo Bhalay, 2025
Report Sexualised Acts and Neurodivergence: Support for Families and Frontline Staff
By Kate Reynolds, 2023
Blogs & conversations "If Not Us, Then Who?" Transforming Social Care
A BBC debate on the Assisted Dying Bill pushed me out of my depth – but my Churchill Fellowship had prepared me to feel the fear and do it because. What began as a modest research plan became a five-week tour across the USA, connecting with trauma institutes, service providers and experts. The relationships I built continue to shape my work today, including through Unique Connections – our growing effort to build a social care system grounded in love, belonging, and equity for people with intellectual disabilities.
By Beverley Samways, 2025
Fellows' updates April 2025 Fellows' update: Tony Thompson
Tony Thompson (CF 2012) is co-directing CORNWALLIS CLOTH, a new immersive film installation commissioned by the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund.
By Tony Thompson, 2025
Report Healing through connection
By Sophie Beech, 2023