January 2023 Fellow's update: Tom Cannon
Cobnut grower Tom Cannon (CF 2019) spoke at the Oxford Real Farming Conference on 6 January as part of a panel on Future Nut Production in the UK.
By Tom Cannon,
February 2023 Fellow's update: Emily Miller
Emily Miller is Director of Learning at the Migration Museum. Her original Fellowship involved visits to Migration Museums in France, Belgium and the US to inform the establishment of a permanent Migration Museum in the UK and her current Activate grant is supporting the development of a Migration Museum Network in the UK. An update on the approval of planning permission for a long awaited permanent new venue for the Migration Museum in the City of London featured in The Standard newspaper.
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March 2023 Fellow's update: Saeida Rouass
Saeida Rouass (CF 2019), trustee of the Al-Hasaniya Moroccan women's centre in west London reported that Edward Argar, Minister for Victims and Sentencing recently visited the centre. At this meeting Saeida's report on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Moroccan and Arabic speaking women and services in west London was launched. Saeida's report was funded by our Covid-19 Action Fund Grant.
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December 2022 Fellow's update: Tom Cannon
Cobnut grower Tom Cannon (CF 2019) provided Kentish cobnut trees for the new Kent Lieutenancy Cobnut Platt, an area of landscape unique to the Kent Downs, which was opened on Monday 5 December as a lasting tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen.
By Tom Cannon,
April 2023 Fellow's update: Amanda Walters
Amanda Walters (CF 2018) has achieved extensive media coverage for her Activate funded campaign on better sick pay for migrant workers. One of these workers featured anonymously in The Metro paper describing the issues they encounter in not receiving adequate sick pay. Priti Patel and Robert Buckland wrote a joint op-ed supporting the campaign in The Times, which then rolled out into other outlets including the Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Independent and Sky News, getting widespread coverage. Amanda and colleagues also worked with Chartered Institute for Payroll and Pension (CIPP) professionals to release a poll showing their employers support reforms to sick pay. Read the story here.
By Amanda Walters,