This year's Churchhill 2014 Fellowship Awards offer an increased number of opportunities for colleagues here engaged in teaching,training, community,creative,technological, environmental issues as well as those working with young/older people and in the area of penal form. There is also a category headed "Open" which again provides some licence for other colleagues not already covered by the foregoing categories!
The Fellowships - link below - are awarded to British citizens from all walks of life to travel overseas, to bring back knowledge and best practice for the benefit of others in their UK professions and communities.
Fellows receive a travel grant to cover return and internal travelling, daily living and insurance within the countries visited. Fellowships last year were awarded for between 4 to 8 weeks.
The full 2014 categories are:-
Communities that Work
Education
Environment and Sustainable LIving
Medicine,Health and Patient Care
Prison and Penal Reform
The Arts and Older People/Creative Ageing
The Creative Industries
Young People
Open
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 24th September and full details may be found on their website-link below. Good luck if you apply. And if you are successful,come back and tell us all how you got on!