Daphne Franks (CF 2025) met with representatives to discuss proposed safeguarding changes and is sharing her work through talks on Power of Attorney abuse, financial abuse, and predatory marriage.
By Daphne Franks, 2026
Governance and public provision
About this theme
This theme covers all aspects of the functioning and services of the state, including public services, governance and political processes, rule of law and international relations. It is one of the eight universal themes which form our grantmaking framework and allow us to address every aspect of society. Fellows’ stories
Rachel Cole (CF 2025) work was featured in The Voice. Rachel is Founder and CEO of Black Foster Carers Alliance.
By Rachel Cole, 2026
Monica Lakhanpaul (CF 2024) was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Institute of Health Visiting at its inaugural Health Visiting Awards.
By Monica Lakhanpaul, 2026
Gill Taylor reflects on how her Churchill Fellowship is exploring harm reduction approaches to help prevent deaths among people experiencing homelessness. Drawing on field research in Canada, she shares how peer-led services, overdose prevention support, and low-barrier access to care can help keep people safe while protecting dignity. Following World Homeless Day, Gill argues that preventing deaths requires a whole-system approach, with people with lived experience of homelessness and drug dependency at its heart.
By Gill Robin Taylor, 2026
By Rachel Cole, 2025
Andrew Morris reflects on how his experience as an IPP prisoner shaped his commitment to criminal justice reform and led to his Churchill Fellowship. Travelling to Norway and New Zealand, he will explore rehabilitation-focused and restorative justice systems, looking at what becomes possible when justice is built around the belief that people can change. Through his work with New Wave Trust and wider policy engagement, he hopes to bring back practical learning that can support reform in the UK.
By Andrew Morris, 2026
Scott Darraugh (CF 2025) spoke at an online Social Club event about his Fellowship research into approaches to fostering and support for care leavers in the USA.
By Scott Darraugh, 2026
Monica Lakhanpaul (CF 2024) was appointed joint Pro-Vice-Provost for UCL's new Grand Challenge of Intercultural Communication, alongside Professor Florian Mussgnug.
By Monica Lakhanpaul, 2026
Mike Spencer (CF 2025) presented findings from his Fellowship research into using Eurasian otters to locate missing people in water to a new cohort of Police Search Advisers at the Police National Search Centre.
By Mike Spencer, 2026
Terri-Anne Hamer (CF 2025) presented at the Consortium for Therapeutic Communities’ annual international conference, sharing work from the Voices of Care Leavers project.
By Terri-Anne Hamer, 2026