Report Beyond the White Picket Fence: A Companion for Intergenerational Communal Housing
By Savannah Fishel, 2024
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This theme covers all aspects of physical and mental health and their research and protection. It is one of the eight universal themes which form our grantmaking framework and allow us to address every aspect of society. Fellows’ stories
Report Beyond the White Picket Fence: A Companion for Intergenerational Communal Housing
By Savannah Fishel, 2024
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Elizabeth Carrington about her 1973 Fellowship, which took her to Hungary, Switzerland, and Italy to explore new physiotherapy techniques for children with cerebral palsy and neurological disorders. She reflected on how the experience shaped her lifelong international career – from India to Yemen to the World Health Organization – and why she still feels so connected to the Fellowship more than 50 years on.
By Elizabeth Carrington, 2025
Blogs & conversations Giving Suicide a Language
I grew up without the words to talk about suicide – and didn’t speak about my own bereavement until my forties. My Fellowship set me on a path to change that, taking me to India and Canada to explore suicide prevention in communities like my own. Since then, I’ve joined a global network of preventionists, trained in early intervention, and started sharing what I’ve learned – from working with therapists to leading workshops with young people to help open up conversations.
By Anoo Bhalay, 2025
Blogs & conversations Advancing Sexual Self-Advocacy for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Sue Sharples travelled to the USA and Canada to explore new approaches to preventing sexual harm among adults with a learning disability – including linking self-advocacy skills to sexual rights education and using trauma-informed practice. Since returning, she has co-authored a training pack for social care staff and worked with learning disabled colleagues in Lancashire to develop a new sexual self-advocacy resource. Grounded in the belief that people should be their own first line of defence, it’s already helping people feel safer, better informed, and more in control.
By Sue Sharples, 2025
Blogs & conversations In Conversation with Emily Jenkins: Integrating Dance into Cancer Care
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Emily Jenkins about how dance can support women living with and beyond cancer. Emily shared how her Fellowship travels across Europe and the USA gave her space to connect with others working at the intersection of dance and health – and how those insights have helped shape her next steps. She reflects on the growth of her organisation, Move Dance Feel, and her mission to train other artists to deliver dance in cancer care, creating a wider community of practice that can reach more people in need of support.
By Emily Jenkins, 2025
Report Sustainability within homeless sport
By Eloise Moller, 2023
As part of my Fellowship, I travelled across rural regions in the USA, Canada, and Australia, connecting with experts and victim-survivors to explore how to improve safety and achieve equity. My learning and earlier conversations with Rhianon Bragg – a survivor whose story reveals deep cracks in our justice system – helped shape my focus post-Fellowship, laying the groundwork for a new social enterprise to raise the status of rural domestic abuse in public policy and support more coordinated, realistic responses.
By Judith Vickress, 2025
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley contributed to a themed session at the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) World Conference in Helsinki on the future of palliative care for patients with pre-existing severe mental illness.
By Sarah Yardley, 2025
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Emily Jenkins
Emily Jenkins (CF 2020) attended a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla celebrating community based cancer support. Emily, Founder/Director of Move Dance Feel was there along with nine colleagues from the charity.
By Emily Jenkins, 2025
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Amara Nwosu
Amara Nwosu (CF 2020) recently presented his Churchill Fellowship research on digital health in palliative care at both St. Francis Hospice's 17th International Palliative Care Conference and Lancaster University.
By Amara Nwosu, 2025