Travelling Fellowship Award
01 April 2009
LJMU lecturer set to explore the issue of ‘Meeting Mental Health Needs of Individuals in Rural Communities'.
Denise Fisher, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health in the Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences Sciences, and Mental Health Trainer (North West England) for the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, has been awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship to visit Australia in September to explore ‘Meeting Mental Health Needs of Individuals in Rural Communities'.
The Travelling Fellowships are awarded in keeping with the original aims of the living memorial to Sir Winston Churchill and were endowed by the Nation in 1965 when many thousands of people gave generously to a public subscription which now funds the fellowships. Based on the object of advancing and widening education in any parts of the world, the fellowships aim to make recipients more effective in their life and work by providing a unique opportunity to travel overseas on specific projects of their choice, meeting people with similar interests and challenges. Spending an average of 6 weeks overseas, Fellows return having gained knowledge and experience of significant value to benefit their country, community and occupation as well as their own personal development.
This year, 95 Churchill Fellows have been selected from 940 applicants representing a rich diversity of backgrounds, qualifications, trades and professions. Applicants demonstrate that their project is feasible and worthwhile, and of real benefit to their community and to the UK on return. Past award winners are people from all walks of life including nurses, artists, scientists, engineers, farmers, conservationists, carers, members of the emergency services and sportsmen and women.
During her travels in Australia; Denise will visit Melbourne (Victoria) and Cairns (Queensland), looking at how information technology is used to support the needs of people in rural communities experiencing common mental health problems. Denise will also visit schools, colleges and rural mental health services, providing mental health promotion and raising mental health awareness for children and adolescents.
