Fellows' updates September 2025 Fellows' update: Matt Waugh
Matt Waugh’s (CF 2020) physical activity programme was featured in The Lancet Psychiatry.
By Matt Waugh, 2025
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
Fellows' updates September 2025 Fellows' update: Marsha McAdam
Marsha McAdam (CF 2023) recently spoke and co-chaired a session at the International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association (IEPA) Early Intervention Conference.
By Marsha McAdam, 2025
Report Secure base not care-cliff: Why attachment matters
By Cat Taylor, 2024
Blogs & conversations Where the Churchill Fellowship magic happens
Tim Woodhouse travelled to Iceland, Slovenia, and the USA to explore how to reduce domestic abuse-related suicides. Here, he reflects not only on the people and projects he encountered during his travels, but on the impact that followed – from giving over 100 talks to frontline teams and securing national media coverage, to influencing policy discussions and beginning a PhD. As Tim writes, “the years after you return home is actually where the power of the Churchill Fellowship can kick in – and where all the magic can happen.”
By Tim Woodhouse, 2025
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (CF 2023) delivered a workshop at the Faculty of Education Conference at Edge Hill University.
By Nina Smith, 2025
Report International perspectives on postvention in prison custody
By Piers Barber, 2023
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (CF 2023) was mentioned on BBC Breakfast in relation to the 3 Dads Walking campaign, which has led to suicide prevention being added to the curriculum in England.
By Nina Smith, 2025
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Angela Samata
Angela Samata (CF 2017) presented at the International European Federation of Art Therapy Conference in London, alongside Dr. Rose Ehemann and Dr. Nicole Ottiger.
By Angela Samata, 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
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