Churchill Travelling Fellowships - Applications now open
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust invests £1.2million in British citizens
In 2015 The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust will be investing £1.2million in British citizens by awarding a record number of 150 Travelling Fellowships, in order to mark its 50th anniversary.
This will directly support British citizens who want to travel overseas to gain knowledge, experience and best practice to benefit others in their UK professions and communities, and society as a whole.
The application process for travel in 2015 is now open, and there are eleven varied categories in which people can apply. See www.wcmt.org.uk for full details.
- Arts and Older People / Creative Ageing
- Crafts and Makers
- Designers
- Early Years Prevention and Intervention
- Education
- Environment and Sustainable Living
- Medicine, Health and Patient Care
- Prison and Penal Reform
- Science, Technology and Innovation
- Young People (Aged 18-25)
- Open
Successful applicants must demonstrate the commitment, the character and the tenacity to travel globally in pursuit of new and better ways of tackling a wide range of current challenges facing the UK, and upon their return work to transform and improve aspects of today’s society.
A travelling sabbatical for people with the drive, determination and desire to help others, can further their leadership and role model abilities.
Employers often also see great benefits with employees returning with new knowledge, skills and ideas to share with others within the organisation.
Applications are judged purely on project merit, and these opportunities are available to UK residents over the age of 18, of any ethnicity, religion, or gender.
Successful applicants will receive an average Fellowship grant of over £6000, covering return airfare, daily living costs, insurance and travel within the countries being visited, for approximately 6 weeks overseas.
Past Fellows include eleven time gold medal winning Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Notes to Editors:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust was established shortly after Sir Winston’s death in 1965, as his national memorial and living legacy. Since then it has awarded over 4820 Travelling Fellowships, with Fellows making outstanding contributions in areas as diverse as dementia support, gang culture, nursing, virtual business, farming, sport, maritime safety and dry stone walling.
Churchill’s beliefs and passions are still living on through our Fellows – who are remarkable yet ordinary individuals, representing a wide range of backgrounds, qualifications, interests and professions, but sharing the desire to do something for the improvement of British life and their fellow man.
The deadline for the 2015 applications is 5pm on 23rd September 2014.
In total 137 Fellowships were awarded in the UK in 2014, with grant awards totalling £876,540. The Fellows are currently travelling to 52 countries between them, across 6 continents, carrying out a wide range of projects.
To maximise the impact of our Fellowships we have developed partnerships with other organisations, focused on specific areas of concern and relevance for the UK today. Lessons learnt from overseas travel are effectively co-ordinated and disseminated, and incorporated into best practice in the UK for the benefit of others in similar communities and professions.
Our partners are:
The Heritage Crafts Association
The Worshipful Company of Carpenters
The British Council
The Frank Jackson Foundation
The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
The Rank Foundation
The Baring Foundation
The Mercers’ Charitable Foundation
The Farmington Trust
The Prison Reform Trust
The International Centre for Prison Studies
The Finzi Trust
The Burdett Trust for Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing
FoNS – Centre for Nursing Innovation
The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust: 020 7799 1660 (www.wcmt.org.uk)
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