Monday 3rd June 2024 10am – 12.45pm at Manor House, Manor Street, Leeds, LS7 1PZ

What you will learn:

- To understand how to communicate about emotional and mental well-being
- To understand how trauma symptoms may present in people
- To learn techniques to work with traumatised people

Presented by Anthea Kilminster

Anthea a psychotherapist specialising in psychoanalytically informed relational-dynamic psychotherapy that takes account of culture and the impacts of trauma.

Mindfulness means being aware of experience in
the present moment. On our courses we invite
people to learn new skills and to listen to their
body, thoughts and feelings. We introduce
mindfulness through simple practices to help
develop these skills. .

This course is 8 weeks long, each session is 2.5hrs long
(with breaks) allowing time to learn and practice new skills which will have a real impact.

The course is open everyone working in
the 3rd sector, local authority or NHS
(paid or volunteers). We particularly
welcome applications from those who
are from, or who are working with,
ethnically diverse communities.

When? The course will run on Tuesdays
10:30am-1pm from 14th May- 9th July
(with a break for half term).

Where? The Reginald Centre,
Chapeltown Road.

Booking is essential. Please contact Laura S [email protected]

The Leeds Mindful Employer Network brings local employers together to champion positive mental health at work. Join us at our 2024 conference to explore:

• Making workplaces as mentally healthy as they can be for everyone
• Increasing confidence in talking about mental health at work
• Tackling the stigma surrounding mental health in the workplace

Demonstrate your commitment to the wellbeing of your workforce by being part of these important conversations on the 21st of May!

Rethink is a restorative way of thinking about the families we work with.

It uses an evidenced based model of case formulation to help us organise information and structure our conversations to reach a shared understanding from which to base our plans when working with families. 

Intro to Rethink forums

How to book
Choose the date and venue you prefer and then email us to request a place.

[email protected]

Learn more about our self-regulation in the early years, and the importance of movement and play, at this free, hour-long webinar. Self-regulation is an important skill that begins to develop in the early years. It lays the foundations for children to have positive well being and to be successful in their relationships and learning. Speakers, with expertise in early years practice, will talk about the importance of self-regulation and movement. They will share practical suggestions and ideas of how early years practitioners can help children in their settings.

This one-day event with the World Health Organization's (WHO) UK-based Collaborating Centres in Violence Prevention and Investment in Health and Wellbeing, together with University College London’s (UCL) Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, will bring together presentations from global experts in the study of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), neuroscience, developmental psychology, and public health to elucidate and promote discussions on unifying definitions, impact, societal cost burden, and prevention. 

Monday 8 April - Beyond reconnection
Selected text: Tarana Burke and Brené Brown - ‘You are Your Best Thing’

In this session, the focus is on the stories of a number of authors captured in this anthology on black humanity, reflecting on their key messages. Most significantly this session seeks to remind us that paying attention to identity and context is critical in reconnection work, so too is the understanding that culture, religion, race and social circumstances may exacerbate disconnection beyond anything we could ever have imagined. Such understanding is essential in equipping us to undertake this journey.

This short report is based on the reflections of 9 different Trauma Informed Communities projects from the Trauma Informed Work in the Communities Fund and the Trauma Informed Work with Minoritised Ethnic Families fund. The peers have attended two sessions with Emily Ashdown, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist working with the Integrated Trauma Informed Practice team and are looking at evaluating through  trauma informed lessons. 

If the video does not show in the email, you can access it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEsOxlKo1Wc 

Penny Netherwood, Vanessa Wenham, Jo Ramsden and Richard Barber come together to discuss the challenge of becoming more compassionate. 

What does compassion look like and feel like?

Why might there be a challenge to be compassionate?

What is the impact of not being met with compassion?

How can we nurture greater compassion in Leeds?

The Trauma-Informed Communications Planning Framework is now available to support your communications and engagement work.

The Framework helps you to apply trauma-informed principles to your communications and engagement plans, and provides resources to support with each area.

Anna Comerford has just completed the West Yorkshire Improving Population Health Fellowship and Anna's year long project was to develop an approach to trauma-informed communications and engagement. (Well done Anna!)

Please contact Anna.Comerford@leeds.gov.uk with any feedback.

This Hub is a place for all who work with children, young people and families in Leeds to find out more about compassionate and trauma informed practice. You will discover ideas, resources and support to develop a trauma-informed approach within your work.

On Friday 26th January Trauma Informed Grantmaking UK convened the first meeting of the Trauma Informed Grantmaking Community of Practice. They had representation from twenty-seven funding bodies, from trusts and foundations to local government and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.

Discussions with funders prior to the community of practice (CoP) highlighted the growing awareness of the prevalence of trauma across society and especially across the people accessing services supported by independent trusts and foundations, commissioned services, and statutory services.

In the spirit of becoming more relational funders and shifting power, funders have acknowledged a gap in their knowledge relating to the impact of trauma, what trauma informed practice might look like both within the services they support and within their own organisations. 

Around 200 people joined our Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Knowledge Exchange 2024 run jointly with the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership from Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 March.

This seminar provided an opportunity to hear about research undertaken at the University of West England around trauma informed care for individuals with sexual convictions and a history of trauma.

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/Academic-Insights-Senker-et-al-FINAL.pdf

There is also a brilliant discussion from the Academy for Social Justice on Strengths based approaches and Leeds is mentioned!

These resources have been developed for adults supporting children and young people seeking asylum in the UK, including those working in education settings, community organisations and supported accommodation.

Sally Drinkwater 
Community & Young People's Engagement & Development Lead for the Trauma Informed Programme
Pronouns: she / her
Mobile Number: 07361 576 169

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