April 2026 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (2023) spoke at Westminster Insight’s Delivering RSHE in Schools conference, sharing learning on supporting staff to deliver relationships, sex and health education.
By Nina Smith, 30 April 2026
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April 2026 Fellows' update: Nina Smith
Nina Smith (2023) spoke at Westminster Insight’s Delivering RSHE in Schools conference, sharing learning on supporting staff to deliver relationships, sex and health education.
By Nina Smith, 30 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Rosie Richards
Rosie Richards (CF 2025) presented at the Leeds Centre for Disability Studies conference, sharing her Churchill Fellowship research on improving sex education for adults with cognitive disabilities.
By Rosie Richards, 17 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Sabrina Mahtani
Sabrina Matani (CF 2023) has been nominated for a Webby Award for the Women Beyond Walls podcast she hosts, which shares the experiences of women who have been in prison and advocates working to reform the justice system.
By Sabrina Mahtani, 14 April 2026
Bringing resilience to life through flax
Zoe Gilbertson looks back on her Fellowship exploring flax and bioregional resilience across Europe. She shares how learning from community-focused projects shaped her understanding of how local production can be rebuilt through culture, creativity, and collaboration. Now, through her organisation Liflad, she is working to revitalise flax and linen production in the UK, with her work being supported by growing networks and shared learning across Europe and beyond.
By Zoe Gilbertson, 9 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor (CF 2024) spoke at the East of England genomics community of practice, sharing learning from her Churchill Fellowship and updates on genomics in cancers of unknown primary and emergency cancer presentations.
By Alison Taylor, 9 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Mike Spencer
Mike Spencer (CF 2025) has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Innovator of the Year Award at the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards, recognising his work on the use of Eurasian otters in UK search and rescue.
By Mike Spencer, 8 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Rachel Bolton-King
Rachel Bolton-King (CF 2019) has co-authored a chapter in the upcoming book, “Handbook to Gun Violence in Society”, set to be published in April.
By Rachel Bolton-King, 1 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Martin Gaywood
Martin Gaywood (CF 2023) spoke at the Mammal Society Conference in Inverness, sharing insights from his Churchill Fellowship research on how moving species for conservation purposes benefits nature in a changing climate.
By Martin Gaywood, 1 April 2026
April 2026 Fellows' update: Chris Hanvey
Chris Hanvey (CF 2024) published a blog with the Centre for Mental Health on suicide prevention and mental health services in Sweden, drawing on his Churchill Fellowship research.
By Chris Hanvey, 1 April 2026
March 2026 Fellows' update: Timothy Gill
Tim Gill (CF 2017) has co-authored a report Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom, published by the NGO Playing Out, calling for a ‘child lens’ in transport policy to address the impacts of car-centric planning on children’s health and wellbeing.
By Timothy Gill, 31 March 2026
March 2026 Fellows' update: Timothy Gill
Tim Gill (CF 2017) has co-authored a report Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom, published by the NGO Playing Out, calling for a ‘child lens’ in transport policy to address the impacts of car-centric planning on children’s health and wellbeing.
By Timothy Gill, 31 March 2026