About this theme
This theme covers all aspects of learning and training at all levels, including early years, schools, universities, adult education, apprenticeships and professional development. It is one of the eight universal themes which form our grantmaking framework and allow us to address every aspect of society. Fellows’ stories
Fellows' updates May 2024 Fellows' update: Erica Sosna
Since receiving Activate Funding for her career mentoring model, The Career Equation, Erica Sosna (CF 2012), Founder of Career Matters, has hosted many free live sessions for teachers and youth workers on initiating career conversations. She also recently addressed students at Coventry University and graduates on the Microsoft Aspire Graduate Scheme regarding career decision-making.
By Erica Sosna, 2024
Fellows' updates April 2024 Fellows' update: Anthony Bravo
Anthony Bravo (CF 1979), principal of Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT), has been given an OBE for Services to Further Education (FE).
By Anthony Bravo, 2024
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
Fellows' updates April 2024 Fellows' update: David Stanley
Disability Campaigner and Founder and CEO of the Music Man Project David Stanley (CF 2019) returned to the Royal Albert Hall for a ground-breaking performance and was presented with a prestigious Point of Light Award.
By David Stanley, 2024
Fellows' updates March 2024 Fellow's update: Hannah Stanislaus
As part of her learning in the USA, Hannah Stanislaus (CF 2023) has performed at several poetry slam and open mic competitions and won the Phoenix Poetry Slam.
By Hannah Stanislaus, 2024
Report Skylarking: A Clown Trip for a Teaching Assistant
By Julia Voce, 2019
Blogs & conversations Making universities more inclusive for people in recovery
Since 2015, I have been Chief Executive Officer of Recovery Connections, a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation in the North East of England. Through this work I see the impact of addiction, and the related stigma on the lives of individuals who look for support, plus their families and wider communities.
By Dorothy Smith, 2024
By Kerry Cressey, 2020
Blogs & conversations Reading in prisons - why there are grounds for optimism
Ministry of Justice data shows that 57 per cent of adult prisoners have literacy levels below those expected of an 11-year-old.
By Richard Wakelin, 2024
Blogs & conversations How tackling climate change can create connections
In 2022, I was fortunate to be awarded an Action Fund grant from the Churchill Fellowship, this helped to initiate an environmental project at the school where I teach, Northfleet Technology College in Kent.
By Michael Jones, 2023
