Applying for my Churchill Fellowship
I had heard about Churchill Fellowships, I even had a colleague who had done one and written a strategy for youth justice in Queensland when she returned. I remember reading her report ( To Identify worldclass strategies to improve outcomes for children at risk of offending -Churchill Trust ) and thinking how incredible it would be to see how different parts of the world respond to youth crime. Choosing my topic Early in 2022 I checked out the Churchill Trust website ( Churchill Trust ) and decided to apply. I spent weeks thinking about the best topic to make a difference in young people's lives and to make the community safer. I am Assistant Director in a youth detention centre so I knew I wanted to visit secure settings. Finally, I decided to focus on young people who commit crime in groups, or youth gangs. In the two years since my centre opened, the number of young people who said they were in a gang went from two young people to up to 40 per cent of the young people. We ne...