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Five years on from opening its doors, the Francis Crick Institute has established itself as one of the leading biomedical research institutes in the world. Since 2017, its scientists have been shaping our fundamental understanding of human health and disease.
Read the full report here.
Royal College of Surgeons
The Bulletin
Women in Surgery
Celebrating 30 Years
September 2021
Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellowship
We will be announcing application details for the 2022 Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellowship at this year’s Women in Surgery conference on Friday 10 September. The programme aims to encourage women to become familiar with, and subsequently apply for, various leadership roles within the surgical and healthcare profession including The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
We will be targeting ST7/ST8 trainees, newly appointed consultants and SAS doctors who are fellows or members of the College. We hope to be able to identify those for whom our support would really make an impact to their career development and give them opportunities and exposure they may not otherwise be able to access.
The fellowship has recently been redeveloped based upon evaluations from previous delegates and now provides a programme of learning and support, along with access to a network of mentors from inside and outside the surgical profession including previous participants.
The Emerging Women Leaders Programme is a development programme designed specifically to address the under-representation of women in leadership roles within the RCP and the wider medical profession.
The programme aims to develop the essential leadership knowledge, skills and behaviours to support participants in growing capability, capacity and credibility in order to be successful in future senior leadership positions within the NHS.
The programme achieves these aims through interactive workshops, access to mentoring from senior medical leaders, access to support from programme alumni, peer group support and through opportunities for professional networking.
Read the full report here.
As we adjust to the new normal in which we are living, we also long for the return of life prepandemic. But despite the dramatic and unsolicited upheaval, for research and innovation, there are lessons we can take away to bring positive, lasting change in what we do.
The COVID-19 crisis has shown that we can, and do, work better together. The coronavirus has broken borders but so has science. As a united front, the world has achieved more than we could have ever dreamed was achievable. And we are immensely proud of the part that our Institute and its pioneering people have been playing in this global effort – not just in response to COVID-19, but to help achieve a world with better health and care for all through evidence-based innovation.
Read the full report here.
Since opening its doors in November 2016, the Crick is establishing its reputation as one of the leading biomedical discovery research institutes in the world. So far, Crick scientists have produced more than 2,500 research publications, which are advancing our fundamental understanding of human health and disease.
We are delighted to have your ongoing commitment to support Sir Paul Nurse and his team’s work to understand the intricate processes controlling the cell cycle. Here, we are pleased to present you with an update from Paul and his team in the Cell Cycle Laboratory, as well as a round-up of some of the pioneering advances that the Crick’s researchers have made over the past year.
Read the full update here: Impact report prepared for Lady Wolfson – November 2020
Read the full article “From fellowship to leadership” by L Gartshore, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at University of Liverpool here.
In a challenging year, the Tate Schools and Teachers team have delivered much positive activity and welcomed 69,958 students including SEND students to Tate Modern and Tate Britain between September 2019 and 17 March 2020. Tate immediately adapted to the changing wider situation by furthering its online and digital offering, ensuring we continue to assist school teachers and encourage a love of art that we hope will last each child’s lifetime.
Read the full report here.
The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is an alliance of more than 50 non-governmental organisations whose mission is to reduce the harm caused to health by alcohol. Our members include medical royal colleges, charities, treatment providers and alcohol health campaigners. We work together to:
From 2018-2020, we focused our activities on two priorities:
Read the full review here.
The Estelle Wolfson Emerging Women Leaders Programme at UCL
A report prepared for Lady Estelle Wolfson by Professor Dame Jane Dacre and Deirdre Wallace, Principal Teaching Fellow
August 2020
Read the full report here: A UCL update report on the Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Women Leaders Programme
The COVID-19 crisis requires a rapid, coordinated research effort to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and minimise the loss of life. At the Crick, our excellence in discovery research, diverse science base, focus on human biology and links with clinical hospitals and global research collaborators, such as the World Health Organization, make us well placed to drive progress in the fight against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.
To support the national and global effort, we have devised a research strategy that addresses the immediate practical challenges of controlling the virus, whilst seeking to deliver more definitive therapeutic solutions in the longer term. Our comprehensive COVID-19 research programme brings together a team of approximately 110 world-leading scientists across 12 laboratories, who will focus their expertise and energy on finding solutions to some of the most pressing challenges posed by COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.
Read the full report here: Lay summary of the Crick COVID-19-related research strategy – July 2020.
Although this report is submitted whilst the Wallace Collection is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to report that overall this has been another successful year for the Access Events programme at the Wallace Collection. We have continued to run our popular regular programmes, inspiring many repeat visits, whilst also diversifying our offer to engage new audiences.
From April 2019 – March 2020 we scheduled a total of 42 events for adults, young people and families, reaching 436 adults and 42 children/young people. This year we ran nine SEN school workshops, reaching 476 pupils and teachers.
Read the full report here: 2019-20 Wallace Collection Access-SEN Programme Report.
Thank you!
Trust all my dear doctor, scientist friends and all their colleagues and families are keeping well.
What a superb and brave dedicated medical network we have here in Great Britain. God bless you all, stay safe.
With all my hopes and prayers for a safe outcome.
Best as ever to all.
Estelle Wolfson – Chair
Michael Feldman – Administrator
Georgina Hobart – Secretary
The National Gallery is for everyone and the paintings in the collection are held for everyone regardless of education, income, residence, or personal circumstances. The Gallery seeks to provide all visitors with access to the building and its collection, making alternative provision where required (within the constraints of a Grade 1 Listed Building). Read more here.
We are pleased to report to the Trustees on these two SEND programmes over the school year from September 2018 to August 2019. Read more here.
Since 2014, The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation has generously supported Early Birds at the Science Museum. Over the past five years, Early Birds and Night Owls events have become some of the most valued by our visitors and, often, those who attend would otherwise not be able to come to the Museum. This report outlines the programme’s activity over the year 2019/20 and plans for the year to come. Read the report here.
A mid-year update for The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation can be viewed here
“Without the support of visionary donors like you, the Francis Crick Institute would not be the success it is today…”
Sir Paul Nurse – Director, Francis Crick Institute
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“Thanks you so much Science Museum for hosting your first ‘Early Birds Evening’ and inviting us along. We had a lot of fun! So nice to be in an environment where nobody would judge Lumen for his bare feet, spinning, or hand flapping. And so nice to be in a space where the crowds disappeared and there was no queue for the Wonderlab, the lights were dimmed, the hand driers were turned off, and all the staff were accommodating. I need to make it my personal mission to make more spaces in london offer this.”
