June 2026 Fellows' update: Lyndsey Dearlove
Lynsey Dearlove (CF 2025) contributed to the Global Summit on Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in her role as Global Director of Operations at the NO MORE Foundation.
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May 2026 Fellows' update: Leisa Nichols-Drew
Leisa Nichols-Drew (CF 2018) presented at the International Association of Forensic Sciences symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria, sharing how research from her Churchill Fellowship has informed policy and practice aimed at reducing knife harm.
Her presentation traced the development of safer knife research from international learning in Australia and Canada through to policy change in the UK, including the adoption of safer knives at De Montfort University and wider work through the Lets Be Blunt campaign.
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May 2026 Fellows' update: Leisa Nichols-Drew
Leisa Nichols-Drew (CF 2018) attended a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in recognition of work to reduce knife harm and improve community safety.
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April 2026 Fellows' update: Darrel Ashford Smith
Darryl Ashford-Smith (CF 2023) was interviewed for the publication, Fire, with his business partner Lee Newman about their working partnership, UK Emergency Robotics Responders Org (UKERRO) and their work with drones. The pair hosted their second expo for the Emergency Responders industry in Greater Manchester at the end of April.
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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.
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