Deanna Lush awarded a Churchill Fellowship (Feb 2017)

Former editor of the Stock Journal and current principal of agricultural communications firm, AgCommunicators, Deanna Lush has just been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.

Deanna’s Fellowship will permit her to investigate communication, education and engagement methods to improve understanding of agriculture across the community. It will take her to Canada, USA and UK.

Deanna Lush in her role as Rural Photography Award Judging Panel Chair, providing comments at the 2016 Awards

Every year as part of a national program, up to twelve South Australians are selected to receive Churchill Fellowships. Worth an average of more than $25,000 each, these Fellowships create unique opportunities for ordinary Australians to travel independently anywhere in the world and explore a topic or issue they are passionate about.

Importantly, applicants do not need any specific qualifications and the Fellowships are not about formal academic study. Unlike many other scholarship programs, they also offer considerable flexibility in terms of timing and duration.

In 2017, the Churchill Trust is making a particular push to encourage more applications from rural and regional sectors. As hundreds of South Australians like Riverland citrus grower Ian Tolley, agricultural consultant Bill Long, cheese-maker Gina del Santo, rural communicator and author Liz Harfull and Bordertown farmer Roger Groocock can already attest, receiving a Fellowship really does open the door to a life-changing experience.

To find out more, people are invited to attend a free information session being held in Adelaide on Monday, February 20, 2017, at the Thebarton Community Centre, corner of South Rd and Ashwin Parade, Torrensville, from 6.00 – 8.00pm. This information session will provide potential applicants with all they need to know to build a strong application.

To register visit Eventbrite.

More information is also available at www.churchilltrust.com.au or contact President of the SA Chapter of the Churchill Fellows Association, Graeme Adcock direct by email at presidentchurchillfellowssa@gmail.com / phone 0434 078 545.

Applications for the next round of Fellowships open on February 28 and close April 28, 2017.

While the Trust encourages people to apply via its online form, rural applicants with limited broadband access are invited to fax or email their applications.