March 2026 Fellows' update: Katy Dorman
Katy Dorman (CF 2o025) spoke at the Apprenticeships & Training Conference 2026, contributing to a panel on collaboration and partnership in local skills systems.
By Katy Dorman, 4 March 2026
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Fellows' updates
The Churchill Fellowship is a national network of 4,000 inspiring individuals leading change in every area of society. Here is the latest news on how they are sharing their ideas and putting their insights into practice across the UK.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Katy Dorman
Katy Dorman (CF 2o025) spoke at the Apprenticeships & Training Conference 2026, contributing to a panel on collaboration and partnership in local skills systems.
By Katy Dorman, 4 March 2026
March 2026 Fellows' update: Jemima Lovatt
Jemima Lovatt (CF 2025) spoke at Public Law Project’s conference Public Law and the Planet, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship to India.
By Jemima Lovatt, 4 March 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Paul Ricci
Paul Ricci (CF 2024) spoke at a recent session of London’s Children & Young People Mental Health Community of Practice, organised by the London Association of Directors of Public Health.
By Paul Ricci, 27 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Ele George
Ele George (CF 2025) was featured in Gloucestershire Property Forum’s Inspiring Women in Property series.
By Ele George, 25 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Sonia Shaljean
Sonia Shaljean (CF 2025) was named one of the inaugural Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys Champions, as part of a list of around 100 individuals recognised across sport, academia, charities, business, politics and the arts.
By Sonia Shaljean, 25 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Siân Evans
Siân Evans (CF 2011) recently graduated from the University of Sheffield with a PhD in archaeology. Her multidisciplinary research focused on female-made metal artefacts from the Imperial War Museum - and asked how gender provenance is understood in archaeometallurgy and how the culture of metalworking skills is curated and transmitted.
By Sian Evans, 18 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Jemima Lovatt
Jemima Lovatt (CF 2025) recently responded to UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCRH) Call for Input addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realisation of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy.
By Jemima Lovatt, 13 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Lucy Peake
Lucy Peake (CF 2024) was recently a guest on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. In her role as CEO of the charity Kinship, she spoke about their new research that 40% of kinship carers are forced to claim benefits to support their caring responsibilities.
By Lucy Peake, 12 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Tai Frater
Tai Frater (CF 2019) presented her Churchill Fellowship research on parent coaching in occupational therapy at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.
By Tai Frater, 11 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Caroline Leek
Caroline Leek (CF 2024) spoke at a WonderChat event hosted by Wonders & Worries, sharing how her work through the Fruit Fly Collective supports families navigating cancer.
By Caroline Leek, 11 February 2026
February 2026 Fellows' update: Caroline Leek
Caroline Leek (CF 2024) spoke at a WonderChat event hosted by Wonders & Worries, sharing how her work through the Fruit Fly Collective supports families navigating cancer.
By Caroline Leek, 11 February 2026