Veteran Support
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Activate Award winner Tony Wright: supporting women veterans into civilian life
Page"I am delighted to receive this funding from WCMT. Women veterans are in many ways a 'hidden population'. Our goal is to create a dedicated service for women veterans, ...
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News: Churchill Fellow receives award from Prime Minister
News | 8 Apr 2020 |Last month Churchill Fellow Tony Wright (2011) was given a Points of Light award by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The award is in recognition of Tony’s work through the...
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Exhibition of veterans’ art at US Embassy organised by Churchill Fellow
News | 29 Oct 2019 |An exhibition of paintings by UK veterans has been organised by Churchill Fellow Janice Lobban (2016) at the request of US Second Lady Karen Pence.
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News: Social Worker of the Year Award nomination for Churchill Fellow
News | 18 Oct 2019 |Veterans campaigner Tony Wright (2011) has been nominated in the Lifetime Achievement category at the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2019.
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The defence gardens scheme; for today's and tomorrow's veterans
Sally Coulthard, a serving reservist from Bath, travelled to USA and Denmark to investigate horticultural therapy for armed forces personnel with mental health issues....
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Overcoming battlefield trauma: Garreth Murrell’s story
Ex-soldier Garreth Murrell travelled to the USA and Canada in 2012 to investigate the use of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to treat veterans with Post-traumatic...
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Video: "It gave me a fresh outlook on life"
Watch charity worker John Cassap talk about his Churchill Fellowship researching new approaches to homelessness, and the impact his Fellowship has had since he's...
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Addressing homelessness: John Cassap’s Story
Homelessness outreach worker John Cassap travelled to the USA in 2016 to explore new approaches to addressing homelessness. John’s recommendations following his travels...
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Beyond mindfulness: Best practice for Veterans with PTSD
Charlie Morley, an author and mindfulness teacher from Bermondsey, travelled to Canada and the USA to study mindulness-based treatments for veterans with PTSD.
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Preparing UK Nurses to care for the Armed Forces community
Alan Finnegan, a Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health from Chester, travelled to the USA to study approaches to preparing nurses to care for military personnel.
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Veteran Support - Fellows' Story Collection
Read more about some of our Fellows' work in this area.
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Transforming Trauma: Moral Injury and Arts with Military Veterans, Families and Communities
Alison O'Connor, from Penarth, is Co-Director of Cardiff arts organisation Re-Live. Alison travelled to Bosnia & Herzegovina and America to investigate the...
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Art therapy for military veterans with PTSD: a transatlantic study
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Soldier of Hope: Lessons from the international community in recovery and growth from battlefield trauma and mental health
Simon Edwards, from Bath, is the Founder and Trustee of the humanitarian response charity Serve On. Simon travelled to Australia and the USA to investigate the root...
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A fresh approach to homelessness: lessons from the United States
John Cassap, an outreach support worker from Sunderland, will be travelling to the USA to explore new and alternative ways of addressing homelessness.
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Veterans' Community Mental Health Care: learning from our Canadian allies