News and Events
Catch up with our latest news below. Events are here.
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News: Veterans’ charity founded by Churchill Fellow wins Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Forward Assist, the charity founded by Churchill Fellow Tony Wright to help ex-services personnel, today received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Tony set up...
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News: Churchill Fellows given Activate awards to increase their impact across the UK
27 May 2020 |Today we make the first awards from a new programme, the Activate Fund, which supports Churchill Fellows’ projects during the key period when they first return from...
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News: Combating domestic abuse during Covid-19
15 May 2020 |In April the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee reported that, in the first weeks of lockdown, calls to a national domestic abuse helpline rose by 49% and domestic...
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News: Community food bank created from local sports club
A pioneering community sports club set up by Churchill Fellow Tim Holtam (CF 2018) has transformed itself into a food bank and social hub that now serves over 500 people...
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News: Delivering NHS supplies to remote regions
Civil Air Patrol co-ordinator Tony Cowan (CF 2009) is helping an operation to deliver NHS supplies to the UK’s most remote regions by small plane.
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News: Celebrating International Nurses Day 2020
12 May 2020 |Today marks International Nurses Day and this year is the World Health Organization’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of...
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News: Music for the NHS
Cultural groups across Northern Ireland have come together to pay tribute to frontline workers in a series of online musical performances. Churchill Fellow Brian...
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News: BAME bereavement fund launched by Churchill Fellow
Equality campaigner Patrick Vernon OBE (CF 2018) has launched a special fund to help BAME families bereaved by Covid-19, as NHS statistics show that BAME communities are...
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News: Churchill Fellows supporting children who are missing out on free school meals
5 May 2020 |The World Food Programme and UNICEF have released a statement urging national governments to prevent devastating nutrition and health consequences for the 370 million...
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News: Covid-19 volunteering efforts aided by Churchill Fellow’s charity
As Secretary of State Dominic Raab praises the armed forces’ contribution during the Covid-19 crisis, we look at the work being carried out by ex-military personnel...