The Manifesto Sessions: #5 Trauma Informed Practice

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Drugs Unwrapped: The Podcast

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The Manifesto Sessions: #5 Trauma Informed Practice

Drugs Unwrapped: The Podcast

55 minutes 6 seconds

1 week ago

The Manifesto Sessions: #5 Trauma Informed Practice

***This was originally recorded as a webinar on Monday 20th October 2025***Our 5th webinar within our Manifesto Sessions webinar series focused on trauma informed practice. As part of our ‘Setting the blueprint for a more equal and prosperous Wales for people who use substances’, we want all substance use services in Wales to be underpinned by a trauma-informed approach. Research from Public Health Wales (PHW) in 2015 found that 47% of adults in Wales have suffered at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE). And there are many other adversities that people can experience during their lives including racism, discrimination, and structural inequalities. Therefore, we all need to understand and talk about ACEs and trauma.Subsequently, given the widespread occurrences of trauma and the respective impacts it can have on individuals, it is vital that an approach underpins the delivery of services allowing for opportunities and paths for healing and overcoming such experiences, while not retraumatising via behaviours and interactions, and consequently promoting positive life chances for people.Our speakers were:Sarah Walsh (CAVDAS)Rachel Wilson (DDAS/ Choices West)Emma Howells (Choices West)