Adversity, trauma and resilience

About the adversity, trauma and resilience team

We have a joint ambition to work together with people with lived experience and colleagues across all sectors and organisations to ensure West Yorkshire is a trauma informed and responsive system by 2030. Understanding that life experiences can be the root cause of poor health is integral to building a trauma informed system. People experiencing traumatic experiences when young such as abuse, violence, neglect, poverty, or discrimination are more likely to be affected later in life, for example, depression, anxiety, chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, substance misuse or behavioural problems etc.

Our team works as part of the West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme, jointly delivered by West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership. The programme was set up in June 2020 and now has a growing membership of over 500 members. By working together across our five places: Bradford District and Craven; Calderdale; Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield District the West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme aims to help prevent trauma and mitigate harm by:

understanding our services better
understanding the needs of our population
preventing re-traumatisation and offering better care for all that is equitable and accessible

A system that is trauma informed creates safe, inclusive and responsive services for all those who work and access them.

For more information about our adversity, trauma and resilience digital hub and annual knowledge exchanges click on the relevant box below. You can also find more resources, details about our involvement activities, examples of our work and case studies covering adversity, trauma and resilience on our our Improving Population Health Programme pages including: