March 2026 Fellows' update: Joy O'Neill
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been appointed as Chair of Trustees of Real Farming Trust, a national farming charity.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Judith Vickress
Judith Vickress’s (CF 2023) spoke at the National Rural Crime Annual Conference 2026, the first conference focused on vulnerability in rural areas.
She addressed violence against women, girls, and children in rural communities, highlighting how survivor experiences differ from urban contexts and the need for policymakers to embed rural perspectives and lived experience into strategy from the outset.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Shehan Hettiaratchy
Shehan Hettiaratchy (CF 2009) published his memoir The Careful Surgeon: Finding Light, Courage and Compassion in the Face of Life and Death, reflecting on his experiences as a trauma surgeon in major incidents and conflict settings.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Garry Botterill
As part of the National Police Wellbeing Service’s OK9 team, Gary Botterill (CF 2015) contributed to a chapter on the OK9 wellbeing and trauma support dog programme in the book Wellbeing in Policing.
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March 2026 Fellows' Update: Laura Wyatt-Smith
Laura Wyatt-Smith (CF 2023) launched her book Screensaver: A judgement-free guide to your child’s first smartphone at an event hosted by Coramm
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