Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley (CF 2023) delivered her first CRC Talk, hosted by the Palliative Approaches in Aging & Community Health network.
By Sarah Yardley, 2025
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to community-based approaches to mental health. Many Fellows over the years have undertaken projects in this area including as part of our three-year programme developed in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation which ran in 2016-2018. Partnership stories
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley (CF 2023) delivered her first CRC Talk, hosted by the Palliative Approaches in Aging & Community Health network.
By Sarah Yardley, 2025
Blogs & conversations From Wonder to Well-Being: Exploring the Power of Scent
What began as a creative experiment at Central Saint Martins has evolved into a wearable scent technology designed to support mental wellbeing. My Churchill Fellowship enabled me to explore how sensory fashion could be used to manage stress – learning that now underpins the development of Scent Bubble®, supported by NHS innovation partners and recently featured at London Fashion Week.
By Jenny Tillotson, 2025
Report Healing through connection
By Sophie Beech, 2023
Fellows' updates April 2025 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Anna Wardley (CF 2019) delivered the international keynote address at the StandBy Online Postvention Symposium 2025, a major virtual event based in Australia for professionals and communities supporting those bereaved by suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2025
Blogs & conversations Empowering veterans and building stronger communities
Through my Churchill Fellowship, I explored how to develop sustainable mental health support for veterans and emergency responders. Since then, I’ve grown Veterans at Ease from an idea into a thriving charity, now supporting over 500 individuals with free, bespoke psychotherapy. We’re continuing to expand, training new therapists from the armed forces and emergency services communities and working with partners to provide holistic support for those facing trauma and mental health challenges.
By Garreth Murrell, 2025
Fellows' updates March 2025 Fellows' update: Tim Woodhouse
Tim Woodhouse (CF 2021) was a guest on the Resolute: Zero Tolerance For Domestic Abuse podcast, where he discussed the findings of his Churchill Fellowship report.
By Tim Woodhouse, 2025
Fellows' updates February 2025 Fellows' update: Alison O'Connor
Alison O'Connor (CF 2016) hosted the webinar Creative Approaches to Recovery and Repair After Moral Injury: Life Story Theatre and Collective Narratives at the International Centre for Moral Injury.
By Alison O'Connor, 2025
Fellows' updates February 2025 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (CF 2023) attended the ‘Autism and Suicide Prevention: From Understanding to Action’ event at Parliament, where she shared insights from her Churchill Fellowship research.
By Nina Smith, 2025
Report The person most likely to kill a victim of domestic abuse... is themselves
By Tim Woodhouse, 2023