Churchill Fellows work on the frontline of today’s crucial issues, developing new solutions based on global research and personal expertise. In this section you can find their latest views and advice, news, activities and events.
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The inspiration for a new Churchill Fellowship programme – Making Space for the Arts – is a desire to strengthen opportunities for widespread artistic participation, innovation, and creativity, which take place beyond the walls of a cultural institution.
The inspiration for a new Churchill Fellowship programme – Making Space for the Arts – is a desire to strengthen opportunities for widespread artistic participation, innovation, and creativity, which take place beyond the walls of a cultural institution.
Jacqueline Broadhead’s (CF 2016) upcoming book, Welcoming Cities, will be published next month (September) by Policy Press. The book, which draws directly on her Churchill Fellowship work and includes case studies from the Migration Living Well Together report, is available at a discount for pre-order for all Fellows.
By Jacqueline Broadhead, 11 August 2025
Tim Woodhouse travelled to Iceland, Slovenia, and the USA to explore how to reduce domestic abuse-related suicides. Here, he reflects not only on the people and projects he encountered during his travels, but on the impact that followed – from giving over 100 talks to frontline teams and securing national media coverage, to influencing policy discussions and beginning a PhD. As Tim writes, “the years after you return home is actually where the power of the Churchill Fellowship can kick in – and where all the magic can happen.”
By Tim Woodhouse, 7 August 2025
Nicola Sharp-Jeffs (CF 2016) has co-founded the International Coalition Against Economic Abuse (IACEA) with a Fellow from the Churchill Trust Rebecca Glenn.
By Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, 4 August 2025
Keith Ruffles travelled across Canada to explore how rural communities are using migration to reverse population decline. Over five weeks, he visited six towns taking part in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), meeting with local coordinators, federal agencies, and migrants like Natalia and Mohammad, who shared their experiences of settling in Canada. In this blog, Keith reflects on what the UK could learn from Canada’s community-driven approach to migration, and how the Fellowship gave him the time, space, and connection to explore these issues in depth.
By Keith Ruffles, 31 July 2025
Sepideh Mojabi (CF 2020) has been appointed Chair of the charity NERS, the North of England Refugee Service.
By Sepideh Mojabi, 25 July 2025
The Churchill Fellowship is launching a new programme – Building a Society that Cares – which seeks to find ways in which care can be harnessed to humanise services, build resilience and connection to communities, and reimagine how we prevent and address our biggest societal challenges.
We’re excited to announce the launch of three brand-new Churchill Fellowship programmes – opening for applications on 2 September 2025. Building a society that cares, Building prosperous and resilient economies, and Making space for the arts. Each offers a unique opportunity to explore global ideas and bring fresh thinking to the UK on some of the biggest issues we face today.
Philip Seaton (CF 2000) recently presented at the RHS Orchid Show at Wisley, the RHS Orchid Expert Group, and BBC Gardeners' World Live at the NEC.
By Philip Seaton, 21 July 2025
Ross Watson (CF 2023) contributed to the Summer 2025 edition of Scottish Forestry journal for the Royal Scottish Forestry Society with an article on his Churchill Fellowship research into the management of invasive non-native plants.
By Ross Watson, 19 July 2025
Ross Watson (CF 2023) contributed to the Summer 2025 edition of Scottish Forestry journal for the Royal Scottish Forestry Society with an article on his Churchill Fellowship research into the management of invasive non-native plants.
By Ross Watson, 19 July 2025
