Fellows' updates April 2025 Fellows' update: Yvonne Field
Yvonne Field OBE (CF 2012), has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame 2025 in the Changemakers category for her work in Justice and Equality.
By Yvonne Field, 2025
Resilient economies
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to how communities of all kinds can be made more resilient through economic activity. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023, and has been developed in consultation with our economy and enterprise working group. Fellows’ stories.
Fellows' updates March 2025 Fellows' update: Yvonne Field
Yvonne Field OBE (CF 2012), Founder of The Ubele Initiative, was featured in a special podcast marking International Women’s Day.
By Yvonne Field, 2025
Fellows' updates March 2025 Fellows' update: Rachael Mole
Rachael Mole (CF 2023) has released a series of audiobooks on Access Bookboon based on her Churchill Fellowship research.
By Rachael Mole, 2025
Report Building Community Wealth CDFIs and Participatory Investment in Action
By Ruby Frankland, 2024
Fellows' updates March 2025 Fellows' update: Pete Donnelly
Pete Donnelly (CF 2023) has reflected on his Churchill Fellowship travels to Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in an article for the spring issue of Forward magazine, published by the Spinal Injuries Association.
By Pete Donnelly, 2025
Fellows' updates November 2024 Fellows' update: John Barker
John Barker presented the findings of his Churchill Fellowship at the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, focusing on supply chain reshoring in Spain, the Basque Country, and Japan, and exploring themes of policy, technology, and geo-political power.
By John Barker, 2024
Fellows' updates October 2024 Fellows' update: Rachael Mole
Rachael Mole (CF 2023) has been appointed to the Department for Transport's Disabled People Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and looks forward to amplifying the importance of a reliable and accessible transport network for disabled entrepreneurs.
By Rachael Mole, 2024
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Pete Donnelly about his journey from a life-changing accident to empowering disabled communities. Pete shared insights from his Fellowship travels to Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, where he learned how the disabled community there use their lived experience to drive social impact. He reflects on the barriers disabled innovators face and the need to give them control over the products and services they use, while highlighting his mission to influence system change in the UK.
By Pete Donnelly, 2024
Report Building Innovation through Lived Experience of Disability
By Pete Donnelly, 2023
Fellows' updates October 2024 Fellows' update: Rachael Mole
Rachael Mole (CF 2023) featured on the Excel Against the Odds podcast, where she explored her Churchill Fellowship research on building inclusive and accessible work cultures.
By Rachael Mole, 2024