About us
Reaching our Ambition!
We are now five years into the West Yorkshire journey to become trauma-informed and responsive by 2030. The last 12 months have seen significant progress and development in our programme. We have achieved milestones in various areas, including workforce development, supporting an increasing number of organisations to become trauma-informed, producing resources, and launching several workstreams. We have continued to build relationships with local programmes, supported colleagues nationally, developed new international opportunities to share learning, and welcomed many more colleagues to the programme as they begin their journey.
Rocket Science continues to work with us as our evaluation partners. We are now focusing on developing metrics and measures to truly understand the impact of the programme and how we can continue to work towards our ambition.
Rocket science are working with us again as our evaluation partners and we are now working towards the development of metrics and measure to really understand the impact of the programme and how we continue to work towards our ambition.
What to expect during the WYKE
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is pleased to host the 5th Annual Adversity, Trauma, and Resilience Knowledge Exchange in partnership with the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit on Tuesday, 25th and Thursday, 27th March 2025. This year, the event will feature a two-day online format, With a focus on prevention, early intervention, and mitigating harm from preconception throughout life, the event will showcase the incredible work taking place across our system.
We will report on progress towards our collective ambition and share early findings from our research, evaluation, and resource development. Throughout the two days, event attendees will embark on a journey from theory to practice.
Children and young people who experience adversity and trauma are at high risk of poor physical and mental health, emotional wellbeing issues, increased adoption of anti-social and health-harming behaviours, including serious violence, poor school attendance/exclusion, and decreased educational attainment.
Adults facing multiple disadvantages due to trauma and adversity are four times more likely to develop addictions, fifteen times more likely to take their own life, and three times more likely to be absent from work. To improve outcomes for the physical and mental health and well-being of the people living and working in West Yorkshire, we need to work together to prevent trauma and adversity and mitigate existing harm across the life course. While fully eradicating trauma remains unlikely, actions to strengthen community resilience and assets can partially offset their immediate harms.
Event attendees will be tasked over the two days to listen, respond, and share evidence, knowledge, and practice. There will be an emphasis on how grassroots expertise can underpin the cultural and practical shifts needed to achieve the West Yorkshire vision of ensuring the area is trauma-informed and responsive to people’s needs.
