May 2026 Fellows' update: Mike Spencer
Mike Spencer 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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May 2026 Fellows' update: Terri-Anne Hamer
Terri-Anne Hamer (CF 2025) featured on the Trauma Informed Consultancy Services (TICS) podcast, discussing parenting as a care-experienced mother and the relationship between trauma, healing, and family support.
Drawing on both her professional and personal experience, the episode explored intergenerational trauma, the importance of relationship-based support and community for care-experienced families, and the aim of her Churchill Fellowship to develop a model of “village care” for care-experienced parents.
Listen to the episode on the TICS website.
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April 2026 Fellows' update: Sonia Shaljean
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April 2026 Fellows' update: Ananya Rao-Middleton
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