As part of the National Police Wellbeing Service’s OK9 team, Gary Botterill (CF 2015) contributed to a chapter on the OK9 wellbeing and trauma support dog programme in the book Wellbeing in Policing.
By Garry Botterill, 2026
Mental health
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to community-based approaches to mental health. Many Fellows over the years have undertaken projects in this area including as part of our three-year programme developed in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation which ran in 2016-2018. Partnership stories
Laura Wyatt-Smith (CF 2023) launched her book Screensaver: A judgement-free guide to your child’s first smartphone at an event hosted by Coramm
By Laura Wyatt-Smith, 2026
Nina Smith (CF 2023) took part in the Edge Ahead podcast with Three Dad’s Walking to discuss suicide prevention to mark Helplines Awareness Day.
By Nina Smith, 2026
Drawing on her own experience of caring for her mum, and her work alongside unpaid carers every day, Fi Brown reflects on the “mental load” of caring – and what it means to protect carers’ mental health before crisis point is reached. With Scotland’s ‘Right to a Break’ marking a significant shift in care reform, she explores why a legal right must translate into breaks that are genuinely meaningful and restorative, with prevention at their core.
By Fi Brown, 2026
By Jo-Anne Weekes, 2023
Dr Fi Brown (CF 2024) recently delivered a webinar for the Chartered Institute of Horticulture’s Social and Therapeutic Horticulture.
By Fi Brown, 2026
Dr Fi Brown (CF 2024) has been appointed as chair of Transition Edinburgh South following a period of having been the organisation's shadow chair.
By Fi Brown, 2026
Patrick Vernon (CF 2018) received the Trailblazer Award from Unite the Union as part of its Black History Month celebrations.
By Patrick Vernon, 2026
By Kathy Adcock, 2024
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered a talk at TEDxTrafford, challenging dominant Western psychological frameworks and calling for a shift towards African-centred psychology rooted in culture, collective identity, spirituality, and lived experience.
By Erica McInnis, 2026