Firstly here I must talk about the reason that I’m now doing
this blog .
I completed a Diploma in Teaching (DTTLS) my year 2 tutor
was a former Fellow John Hann, who spoke to me at the end of the course and
told me about the Fellowship.
I had an idea, that idea was borne out of the way that the
Police and SAR agencies work together to see if there ways that this could be
improved.
So it started.
I will unashamedly mention this several times but
If you have an idea that you think will
benefit many,
THIS IS FOR YOU.
Have a look at the categories that applications are made up
of.
A straight lift from the website
Why should I apply:
§ The Fellowship
experience will give you new or enhanced knowledge and greater credibility.
§ You will gain a new
vision of life and/or work through the experiences you engage in.
§ You will return with
a greater belief in your own abilities to achieve, and greater confidence.
§ You may have to
operate out of your own comfort zone and will learn from doing so.
§ Anyone can travel
nowadays but the Travelling Fellowship gives you the time and space, with full
financial support, to learn, reflect and develop in your chosen field,
returning revitalised and with renewed enthusiasm for your subject.
It also tells you how others and your employer will
benefit and this is important.
Having looked through some of the previous reports
I found a few that looked similar to my idea so I contacted Ian Nuttall and
Helen Morrell, and indeed met Helen at missing people the charity she works
for.
Both just further enthused me to apply.
The application process is quite specific requiring
reading of what is required on the form very careful and being direct in your
application makes a real difference.
On line application sent it was wait for the letter
……which gave an interview date January 2012.
Off to London, to a very impressive building .My
interview I thought went fairly well ,,I had answered all the questions , they
even laughed at a joke ,and I was fully prepared for the compulsory Winston
Churchill question ..Thanks Helen for the heads up on that.
20 minutes didn’t seem that long when you are
trying to sell not only yourself as a potential ambassador for the fellowship
but your idea to a panel of people who have read your application and pick up
on everything .
You can prepare as much as you can, research as
much as possible, it’s still daunting.
The waiting then began, not too long though and a
letter arrived, which confirmed that I had been awarded a fellowship grant.
I already had a few ideas about who, where, when,
why but to finalise that.
My points here are to introduce the Winston
Churchill Fellowship, since starting this journey they have been incredibly
supportive. they are a unique group of people.
Please check their site out , it may give you an
idea to follow ……
