Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Knowledge Exchange 2024

The Adversity, Trauma and Resilience (ATR) Programme hosts the annual Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Knowledge Exchange 2024 from Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 March 2023.

The ATR Programme, run jointly with West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership, has an ambition to work with people who have experienced abuse, violence, neglect, poverty, or discrimination or who support those who have to ensure West Yorkshire provides trauma informed and responsive services.

The three-day event, open to all who work in this area, will bring partners together with a common aim of helping to strengthen community resilience, build real change and improve lives. It will be of particular interest to people working in the public, private, voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE). To book follow the direct link: westyorkshireknowledgeexchange.co.uk.

Understanding that life experiences can be the root cause of poor health is integral to building trauma informed services. The event workshops, led by specialists in the field including those with experience of trauma, will highlight how when organisations come together we can help change hearts, minds and systems to support people in leading a long, healthy life where possible free from the impact of trauma.

Guests speakers include:

• Fatima Khan Shah, West Yorkshire Inclusivity Champion, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and NHS West Yorkshire ICB
• Emmerline Irving, Head of Improving Population Health, NHS West Yorkshire ICB
• Kelly Laycock, Senior Programme Delivery Manager, Violence Reduction Partnership
• Dr Richard Baron, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Trinity University
• Cllr Elizabeth Reynolds, Kirklees Council
• Amy Charles, ATR Fellow
• Derek Sankar, ATR Fellow
• Becky Haas, Experienced Trainer, Organisational Coach and Internationally Recognised for Implementing Trauma Informed Care, USA
• Melanie Mott, Highly Specialist Psychotherapist, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Matthew Jordan, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Cath Knibbs, Child/Adult Trauma Psychotherapist and Consultant
• Lee Berry, Director, West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership
• Andi Brierley, Leeds Trinity University
• Caroline Burney, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University
• Georgia Watkinson, Research and Evaluation, Violence Reduction Partnership
• Lisa Cherry, Director, TICS
• Rachel Forbes, Specialist Registrar in Public Health, West Yorkshire ICB
•  Bingy Brown, St Giles
•  Johny Warner, St Giles

Sessions are online and face-to-face and people can choose which workshops they want to attend.

The West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme was set up in June 2020 and includes over 500 members.

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