Mark Walsh (CF 2013), previously a Police Support Volunteer and founder of the Community Court, has changed career and is driving trains. In May this year he was elected onto his local council as an independent Councillor and following a rigorous selection process; Mark was recently informed that the Lord Chief Justice approved the recommendation for him to be appointed as a Justice of the Peace for England and Wales. Mark's Fellowship focused on developing viable alternatives for youth offenders including peer courts and restorative justice.
Co-founder and Chief Executive of Locate, Dave Grimstead (CF 2020) featured in The Guardian in an article about an unidentified woman who jumped from Wembly Point in 2004. Dave is a former police officer and uses his skills and experience with Locate to examine cold cases of missing people and unidentified bodies. Another Churchill Fellow, Emma Tilley (CF 2020) has volunteered with Locate and she is also mentioned in the article.
By Dave Grimstead,
Progression Coach, Joanne McGrath (CF 2017), published the second paper from her PhD. Her paper is about how women with multiple disadvantage (homelessness, substance use, poor mental health) are often subject to both stigma in society and stigmatising interactions with services. In the case of women involved in the family courts system, rates of child removal are far higher in economically disadvantaged areas. Joanne explores women's experiences of losing custody of their children and highlight how stigma has shaped these experiences. Find out more here.
By Joanne McGrath,
Fozia Irfan (CF 2020), was asked by Dame Julia Unwin, to speak at the Archbishop of York's Annual Lecture on Social Justice at the Institute for Social Justice. The title of her talk was 'Doing change in difficult times' and she discussed how we build movements for change whilst ensuring our own growth and resilience. Find out more here.
By Fozia Irfan,
Former prison officer, Alex South (CF 2017) has written a book about her time as a prison officer called 'Behind These Doors'. It was recently serialised in the Sunday Times and selected as a Radio 4 Book of the Week. Alex also spoke on 'Womans Hour'about it in July and appeared in The Guardian. The final chapter of the book is about her Fellowship and the incredible experiences she had abroad.
By Alex South,
