Report Kinship Care: JA to UK - Family Dynamics, Culture & Gender Context
By Sharon McPherson, 2023
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
Report Post-adoption depression - Research into practice
By Lynn Snow, 2023
Fellows' updates February 2025 Fellows' update: Augusta Itua
August Itua spoke at Humanitix's international event on rights and social care records, held as part of Care Day 2025, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship research on recording, recordkeeping, and supported access to children’s social care files.
By Augusta Itua, 2025
Report Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People in Care
By Esme Miller, 2023
Report Towards Brotherly Love: Stories of Care, Catastrophe and Change
By Omar Mohamed, 2024
Fellows' updates January 2025 Fellows' update: Sharon McPherson
Sharon McPherson's organisation, Families in Harmony CIC, has been included in The Big Issue's Changemakers 2025 list in the Community and Equality category.
By Sharon McPherson, 2025
By Lauren Page-Hammick, 2023
Fellows' updates January 2025 Fellows' update: Lynn Snow
Dr Lynn Snow (CF 2023) has published a series of blogs for Coram.
By Lynn Snow, 2025
Blogs & conversations Adultifying Black Girls
Through my Churchill Fellowship, I explored how Black girls are adultified in state care – from their relationships with parents to social work practices and transitions to independent living. Travelling to the USA and Canada, I engaged with researchers and practitioners, uncovering how adultification affects Black girls and identifying potential solutions. My findings highlight the need to move beyond tick-box approaches in social work and recognise the strengths Black girls develop despite these challenges. I’m now sharing these insights through CPD sessions, campaigns, and my ongoing PhD, with the hope of driving meaningful change for children affected.
By Sylvia Ikomi, 2024
Fellows' updates December 2024 Fellows' update: Jeannot Farmer
Jeannot Farmer's (CF 2023) Churchill Fellowship report is highlighted in the introduction of Karen Constantine’s new book, Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption.
By Jeannot Farmer, 2024