About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to strengthening cohesion and communication, tackling isolation and supporting community engagement for migrant communities in the UK. Many Fellows have undertaken projects addressing this over the years including as part of our recent programme of Fellowships on migration, developed in partnership with The Linbury Trust, which ran during 2017-2019.
Fellows' updates April 2024 Fellows' update: Alison Holland
Through her work with Darlington Assistance for Refugees (DAR), Alison Holland (CF 2017) has developed an Orientation Programme to help young refugees and asylum seekers transition into UK schools, inspired by her Fellowship in Sweden.
By Alison Holland, 2024
Blogs & conversations Travelling to Learn: Jessica's Journey
Recently, I’ve been reflecting on the time when I was drafting my application for funding from the Churchill Fellowship. I had toyed with the idea of applying for some time. I had signed up to the mailing list a few years ago and every year, when the applications opened, I would be reminded of what an amazing opportunity it sounded.
By Jessica Smith, 2024
A campaigner whose first success was having a crossing installed outside a school, is now running her own organisation committed to a new, community-based approach to bringing about change at a national level. And her journey to this point – says Amanda Walters – is thanks to the Churchill Fellowship she undertook in 2019.
13 February 2024
Fellows' updates February 2024 Fellow's update: Katie Schwarzmann
Katie Schwarzmann (CF 2023) recently featured on a podcast for NGO Privacy International where she discussed automated decision-making in immigration systems.
By Katie Schwarzmann, 2024
News Panel event celebrates launch of Churchill Fellows’ Migration Report
We were delighted to host a panel event that brought together some of the 29 Fellows whose learnings and ideas have helped to shape and inform our new Migration report - ‘Learning from Living Well Together’ that has been developed in partnership with the Linbury Trust.
8 February 2024
It is hard to imagine how two old table tennis tables and a couple of bats could be the start of a highly successful and truly inclusive, multicultural sports club for an entire community. But from these humble origins, what began as a small venture for a Sussex University student, who wanted to bring ‘ping pong’ to the youth of Brighton, has turned into a thriving organisation.
7 February 2024
It may seem strange for a Churchill Fellow to suggest that the answer to making the UK’s rural landscape more accessible to people from diverse communities isn’t to carry out more research.
1 February 2024
When Saeida Rouass applied for a Churchill Fellowship in 2019 to investigate the impact of violent extremism on women, in particular survivors of white supremacist groups and violence, she was surprised to find the connections between racially motivated violence and gender-based violence. The learnings from Saeida’s Fellowship, and 28 other Fellows, have gone on to help inform the Churchill Fellowship’s Migration report due to be published shortly.
24 January 2024
By Kerry Cressey, 2020
Blogs & conversations Refugee integration in disadvantaged communities
"I am passionate about addressing this imbalance and was thrilled to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2020 to find out more about refugee integration in disadvantaged communities."
By Kerry Cressey, 2023
