Blogs from Fellows and the team
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Blog: Modern solutions to modern stress
Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, with stress as this year’s theme. Stress has become part of the accepted tapestry of modern life: how many times...
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Blog: Beyond bereavement
On Friday 18 May my partner Jane Harris and I will be screening our documentary film ‘A Love that Never Dies’ at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End. This is...
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Blog: Sharing global ideas on museum Lates
A Churchill Fellowship is all about legacy, they say. With this in mind, I am organising a conference based on the learning from my research on ‘Museum Lates’ at the...
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Blog: Promoting active citizenship in schools
As an Assistant Headteacher, I’m aware that nurturing democracy must start at an early age, especially at a time when the bastions of a free society are under attack. In...
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Blog: Catching up with our cousins. A catalyst for innovation
In 2015 I was given the life-changing opportunity of a Churchill Fellowship, aware that with this opportunity came a responsibility to use my research to benefit society...
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Blog: Narrowing the gap in children’s school readiness
Almost half of all children from disadvantaged backgrounds do not reach their expected level of development when they start school,* by which time the gap between...
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Blog: Bringing new models of youth justice to Hampshire
Earlier this month, as 150 UK citizens rejoiced in the news they had become part of an esteemed and diverse family of Churchill Fellows, I was reflecting on the fifth...
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Blog: Chinatown is for life, not just for Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐！Last night, the world welcomed the Year of the Dog. For many people, the Spring Festival is the reason for an annual visit to their local...
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Blog: Can the arts be a tool for change in communities?
I’m a theatre practitioner who travelled to Croatia, New York and Brazil in 2013 and 2014 on a Churchill Fellowship, spending time with organisations that use theatre...
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Blog: Tackling Holiday Hunger
On 19th January, the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which seeks to address the issue of hunger during holidays among children entitled to free school meals...