Julia Weston, Chief Executive at The Churchill Fellowship writes:

"We are very pleased to announce that on Tuesday 13 September we will open for applications for Churchill Fellowships in a range of topical themes, including rural communities.

Churchill Fellows are funded to spend up to two months meeting the leading practitioners and innovators in their field, anywhere in the world, in person or online. Then we help them to use those insights to inspire change in their sector or community across the UK.

Fellowships are open to all adult UK citizens regardless of their qualifications, background, or age. We prioritise those who would not receive funding from any other source, and we welcome those with lived experience of the issue they wish to address. Fellows form a national network of 3,800 changemakers working in every area of UK life.

Applications can be made via our website until 5pm on 22 November."