Becoming Trauma Informed Hull background
There is overwhelming evidence that childhood trauma, without the right support, can both physically and emotionally disrupt a child’s development. It can lead to lasting impact on their wellbeing and ability to thrive, both as a child and an adult in everyday life.
People with unresolved childhood trauma are more likely to suffer from poor –
- physical health
- mental health
- social health
We know that societal and environmental adversities, from poverty and inequity to racism and climate change, can cause and increase trauma.
Everyone deserves to be protected from trauma or to receive the help they need to recover. We can use this learning to become a city that recognises, prevents, and addresses the systemic, environmental, and individual causes of adversity across all age ranges and communities. We want to achieve this by tackling barriers and providing services that enable healing.
This makes sense from both a human and an economic perspective. This approach around prevention and recovery is more cost effective than doing nothing.
Hull has a history of pioneers, of overcoming adversity, and pulling together to support each other. With this new way of thinking, we can transform Hull into even more of the amazing place we know it can be for every single human living here.
