By Niketa Sanderson-Gillard, 2024
Children in care
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to improving the lives and outcomes of children and young people with experience of care. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023. It has been developed in partnership with the Hadley Trust, Coram Group and in consultation with our Children in Care working group. Fellows’ stories
Lucy Peake (CF 2024) was recently a guest on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. In her role as CEO of the charity Kinship, she spoke about their new research that 40% of kinship carers are forced to claim benefits to support their caring responsibilities.
By Lucy Peake, 2026
Sharon McPherson (CF 2023) has continued to build on her Churchill Fellowship through a series of major research and practice initiatives in kinship care.
By Sharon McPherson, 2025
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Sophia Alexandra Hall about how her Fellowship helped shape her trauma-informed interviewing toolkit, now used across major UK newsrooms. Drawing on her lived experience and 50 interviews in the USA, she reflects on the need for safer, more empowering media practices for care-experienced and other under-represented people. She also shares how this work has grown through training, conference speaking, and an expanding public platform at Big Issue.
By Sophia Alexandra Hall, 2025
Sophia Alexandra Hall (CF 2023) featured in an episode of the Trauma-Informed Conversations podcast, exploring trauma-informed storytelling.
By Sophia Alexandra Hall, 2025
By Eleanor Hinchliffe, 2024
Sophia Alexandra Hall (CF 2023) spoke at TEDxStAlbans at The Alban Arena.
By Sophia Alexandra Hall, 2025
Sylvia Ikomi has launched an adultification awareness campaign developed with CoramBAAF.
By Sylvia Ikomi, 2025
By Cat Taylor, 2024
Terri-Anne Hamer (CF 2025) has shared her Week 3 reflection on her Churchill Fellowship.
By Terri-Anne Hamer, 2025