June 2026 Fellows' update: Bernie Rochford
Bernie Rochford (CF 2024) spoke at a WhistleblowersUK event in the House of Commons during Whistleblowing Awareness Month 2026.
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June 2026 Fellows' update: Al Coates
Al Coates (CF 2024) presented at The NVR Global Conference, sharing learning from his work with adoptive parents experiencing challenging and aggressive behaviour from their children.
His session explored how Non-Violent Resistance principles can support parents through one-to-one work, peer support, and focused peer learning.
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July 2026 Fellows' update: Jeannot Farmer
Jeannot Farmer (CF 2023 ) was in the public gallery at the Houses of Parliament on 2nd of July, when Sir Prime Minister Keir Starmer made his profound apology to those affected by historic adoption practices that forcibly separated babies from their unmarried mothers. Jeannot was honoured to be invited by the Secretary of State for Education to an event in Speaker’s House following the apology.
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May 2026 Fellows' update: Jeannot Farmer
Jeannot Farmer (CF 2023) worked in partnership with MAA Scotland (The Movement for an Adoption Apology Scotland) and Dr. Stella Bolaki of the University of Kent to deliver and take part in two artist's book workshops in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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May 2026 Fellows' update: Mike Spencer
Mike Spencer (CF 2025) won the Innovator of the Year award at the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards, recognising his work pioneering the use of Eurasian otters in UK search and rescue.
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