The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Awards Thirteen Travelling Fellowships in Scotland
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has just awarded 13 Travelling
Fellowships in Scotland. The grants totalling £79,750 have just been awarded
to Scottish citizens from all walks of life to acquire knowledge overseas to
bring back the benefit for others in the UK. The Scottish Fellows will
travel to seven countries between them, across three continents, where they
will carry out a wide range of projects. The average length of each
Fellowship is five and a half weeks, with the Trust paying an average of
over £6000 per Fellow. This year’s Scottish applicants include a circus
producer, a police officer, a science education coordinator, an artist and a
community justice services manager.
The purpose of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships is to widen
an individual’s experience through overseas travel in such a way that he or
she grows in confidence, knowledge, authority and ambition. No previous
experience is required but their Fellowship must bring benefits to others in
the UK through sharing the outcome of the travel experience. This is
achieved in particular through the inspiration provided by the individual’s
example – his or her subsequent performance and achievements together with
the dissemination and application of new knowledge, different perspectives
and innovative solutions.
The Fellows selected come from all over the UK and are awarded on pure
merit, representing a wide variety of backgrounds, qualifications,
professions and interests.
The Scottish Fellows are:
- Hugh Torrance, a youth work services manager from Glasgow, visiting the USA
to investigate meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
young people - Susan McDonald, a police officer from Balerno, Midlothian, travelling to
Canada and the USA to investigate youth drinking patterns and encouraging
social responsibility in children and young people - Alan Hobbett, a projects manager from Burntisland, Fife, visiting Australia
to look at the Australian community endeavour in renewable energy generation - Phyllis Martin, a circus producer from Glasgow, travelling to Canada and the
USA looking at how to run a self sustaining youth circus - Hannah Smith, a self employed worker supporting social entrepreneurs from
Edinburgh, going to Australasia to research social entrepreneurship:
learning from the collective traditions of the South Pacific - Angus Robertson, a charity manager from the Isle of Skye, travelling to the
USA to investigate making rural retail work - Joanne Foo, a science education coordinator from Glasgow, visiting Canada
and the USA, to evaluate wildlife reintroductions by understanding their
social, economic and ethical impacts - Beth Dynowski, a lead artist at a gallery in Glasgow, travelling to the USA
to examine how to improve access to the study and practice of art for all
people, as well as improving public access to centres of knowledge
production and their resources - Arlene Holmes Henderson, a school teacher from By Larkhall, South
Lanarkshire, travelling to Australia and New Zealand to investigate
improving the UK’s critical literacy education - Lisa Archibald, a service manager for a mental health charity from Pathhead,
Midlothian, visiting New Zealand to investigate mental health stigma in
rural communities - Chris Aitken, a teacher of computer science from Wick, Caithness, travelling
to Belize leading a school conservation trip to examine wild plants and
animals in the forests, run in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh - Ian Irvine, a Senior Manager of five care services in Scotland, living in
Glasgow, visiting Canada and the USA to look at developing further practices
to reduce or prevent homelessness - Lynn Jolly, a community justice services manager, from Clydebank, travelling
to Canada and the USA to compare the practice of supporting learning
disabled offenders
In total 125 Fellowships have been awarded in the UK in 2013, with the
Fellows travelling to 49 countries between them, across six continents,
where they will carry out a wide range of projects. The average length of
each Fellowship is five and a half weeks, with the Trust paying over £6000
per Fellow. This year’s applicants include a policeman, a prison officer, a
Royal Mail postman and union official, and two horticulturists. The
categories for the 2014 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships will be
announced on 8th May 2013.
Scottish Association of Churchill Fellows : 2013 Fellows’ Event and AGM
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2013 (1pm)
Venue: Discovery Ship, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA
Fellows and their guests are warmly invited to attend the forthcoming AGM and Fellows’ Event of the Scottish Association of Churchill Fellows. This is an opportunity to get to know your fellow Scottish Fellows over a light lunch, to update yourself on the work of the Trust, and to hear from speakers who have recently returned from their Fellowship Travels. And what better place to meet this year than in Dundee, one of Winston Churchill’s constituencies! You will be able to combine your attendance with a tour of the Discovery Ship which took Captain Scott and his crew to the Antarctic (either before or after the AGM; please note the ship closes at 6pm).
Programme
- 1300: Registration & sandwich lunch
- 1400: AGM
- 1430: Fellow’s Presentations:
- Tania Johnston: Big telescopes, big questions, Chile
- Jan McClory: Old and healthy? Can Scottish communities ever become Blue Zones?
- Kieran Dodds: Conserving the headwaters, China
- 1615: Close
Event cost: The Association will be subsidising this Event however we regret we are unable to cover all of the costs and ask Fellows to contribute £5.00 per head, to be collected on the day.
Please note that a self-guided tour of the Discovery Ship and Exhibition is an optional extra but for those who wish to take advantage of this opportunity we have negotiated a discounted rate of £5.25 (£4.50 for children) especially for attendees of the Fellows’ Event. Further, the Discovery Centre has generously offered 20 FREE tour tickets for Fellows. We propose to offer these to the first 20 Fellows (not guests) who register for the event, before 13 March 2013 (please see Registration Form below).
Getting there: The Discovery Ship is located directly opposite Dundee Railway Station, close to the city centre at: Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA. (Tel: 01382 309060). Travel directions. Please note that there is limited pay and display parking in the area so we would encourage you to use public transport if possible.
Documents
2013 Fellows’ Event and AGM, Invitation
2013 Fellows’ Event and AGM, Registration Form: MS-Word, PDF
2013 Fellows’ Event and AGM, Agenda
Scottish Fellows Association Constitution
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AGM 2012 Minutes
AGM 2012 Presentations:
- Julia Nelson: Building parents’ confidence
in community settings - Kenneth Smith: Reducing Vessel Losses
in the Fishing Industry
Scottish Association of Churchill Fellows : AGM 2012
Date: Saturday 21st April (1pm)
Venue: Perth Concert Hall, Perth
The AGM will be held on Saturday 21 April 2012 in the Norrie Miller studio at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ (Telephone: 01738 472 700) and will be followed by presentations from three recent Fellows.
If you find yourself unable to attend, we would still be grateful if you would give consideration to taking up a place on the committee. Meetings are held approximately six times a year, however, by using Skype the committee can now get-together remotely and our most recent meetings have only lasted 30 minutes. Any assistance you can give is greatly welcomed. Email secretary[at]scottishfellows[dot]org (replacing the spam-deterrent bracketed components with @ and . accordingly) with any enquiries or offers of assistance.
Programme
- 1300: Registration & buffet lunch in foyer
- 1400: AGM
- 1420: Presentations by
- Claire Chapman – Harnessing Hydropower in Africa and Europe
- Julia Nelson – Building Parents’ Confidence Through Community-Based Support
- Kenneth Smith – Reducing Vessel Losses in the Fishing Industry
- 1600: Close
Scottish Association of Churchill Fellows : AGM 2011
Date: Saturday 16th April (11.30am)
Venue: Eden Court, Inverness
AGENDA
- Annual General Meeting
- Lunch
- Speakers
- Mrs Anne Boyd JP: to speak on developments in the Trust
- Ms Liz Stewart: The Luchenza living and learning adventure
- Ms Sue Agnew: retracing Uncle George’s last expedition: Ama Dablam 1959
- End (~3.30pm)
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