Blogs from Fellows and the team
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Blog: Protecting young people from gangs
There are three core issues that affect young people involved with gangs: mental illness, substance misuse and reduced aggression control. The latter leads towards...
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Blog: Hungry for more: scaling up community food enterprises for public benefit
Many pressing problems in our country today relate to food production and consumption: half of adults are overweight and obese; healthy food is three times more...
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Blog: Play, trust and children-centred learning: the Finnish approach to music education
I’m a choral conductor and music educator from Derbyshire. I’ve been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study the impact of choral singing on educational development in...
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Blog: Why the UK needs a museum to explore migrants’ stories
Immigration consistently ranks as one of the most pressing concerns for voters. There’s been a rise in hate crime since the EU referendum and the ongoing wrangling over...
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Blog: How my Churchill Fellowship inspired me to climb the Himalayas with 14 schoolchildren
My Churchill Fellowship explored how learning in an unfamiliar environment enriches a young person’s education. I have put this into practice by leading expeditions in...
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Blog: Improving palliative care for people with chronic breathlessness
Breathlessness is a serious, frightening condition. When it is bad, people fear they are dying. My Churchill Fellowship in 2015 explored how palliative care services can...
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Blog: How digital art therapy can help people with terminal illness
My Churchill Fellowship in 2015 explored how digital technology is helping hospices deliver art therapy to enhance, extend or limit the care of people with a terminal...
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Blog: Tackling teacher retention
The Department for Education estimates that 22% of English teachers leave the profession within their first two years, with the number rising to 33% in year five.* What...
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Blog: How the arts can help children's mental health
Children's mental health services are struggling to cope. The arts offer some alternative solutions.
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Blog: Helping prisoners with dementia
Dementia among prisoners in our prison system is a growing but little-studied problem.