Social Care
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Blog: Japan’s care insurance system – what could it mean for the UK?
Last month UK Ministers discussed the possibility of a new tax scheme to resolve the UK’s social care crisis. Under the plan, people over 40 would have to pay more in...
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Giving a voice to children in care: Callum Lynch's story
Care campaigner Callum Lynch has achieved national and international impact in just one year since his Fellowship. In October 2018 he organised the first international...
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Blog: Using mobile learning technology to support carers during the pandemic
Our society relies on people who are willing to care. Never before have we all been made so aware of this. Covid-19 has transformed social care workers from ‘unskilled’...
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Covid-19 Action Fund winners: health and social care
PageThe Covid-19 Action Fund provides grants for Churchill Fellows to increase their vital contribution to the national effort against Covid-19. Hundreds of pandemic...
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News: Launch of new Fellowships in children and young people in care
News | 4 Feb 2020 |The number of children and young people in care has hit an all-time high. This year we are offering a new Fellowship category to find innovative solutions for this...
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A new kind of children's care home: Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang’s story
Story | By Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang | Investigating European models and practices of Social Pedagogy | 2018Social entrepreneur Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang (2018 Fellow) is championing a new model of children’s homes and the first is set to open in late 2020. He was inspired by his...
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Dementia and Montessori; fostering independence
Kay Jodrell, a nursing home worker from Torquay, travelled to Australia, Canada and the USA to investigate the application of Montessori methodology in dementia care....
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Alternatives to institutional care for older people
Rebecca Jarvis, a health policy worker from London, travelled to Japan and New Zealand to research support for older people that allows them to remain in their own home....
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Learning from trauma informed services after the National Apology
Jadwiga Leigh, a lecturer in social work from Altrincham, travelled to Australia to explore early interventions for children at risk of entering the care system. She...
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Foster care for adolescents with complex needs
Laurelle Brown, a Youth and Community Practitioner and Leader from East London, travelled to France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Portugal to research foster carer...
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Supporting bereaved children in care
Georgina Hardy, a social worker Maidstone, Kent, travelled to Australia, Canada, USA and Finland to research support for bereaved children in care.
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Third sector contribution to the 'Buurtzorg' model of care
Chloe Reeves, a consultancy director from St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, travelled to Sweden and the Netherlands to explore new models of person-centred health and...
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Involvement: shaping a new conversation with the public
Michelle Tennyson, a public health policy worker from Belfast, travelled to the USA to research public involvement in shaping health services.
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Bringing meaning and purpose in community health & wellbeing
Karen Leach, a health and social care service manager from Guernsey, travelled to New Zealand and the USA to study models of health and social care which promote purpose...
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New models of supported independent living
Gita Prasad, a health and social care commissioner from Norwich, travelled to Denmark and the Netherlands to investigate new models of supported independent living for...
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The District Nursing Service: Learning from Australia and New Zealand 2019
Dr Crystal Oldman, from London, and Chief Executive of The Queen's Nursing Institute, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to research safe staffing within...
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Involving families in investigating the deaths of learning disabled people
Dr George Julian, from Torquay, is a freelance Knowledge Transfer Consultant and former special advisor to the Care Quality Commission. She travelled to Australia,...