ACEs and Trauma Informed
Despite the challenges of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)... with education and awareness, we can create a brighter future.
Sometimes life can be tough, traumatic events in your childhood can lead to experiencing physical, behavioural and mental health problems, even in adulthood. However, with the right support you can live a happy, healthy fulfilling life.
Free Foundational Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma Awareness Training now available to all staff and volunteers working in Bolton.
Trauma Informed Communities Toolkit supports trauma informed practice, when working in and with communities, assisting to adopt trauma-informed ways of working that help everyone feel safe and supported.
Trauma Informed Practice training for schools
We are pleased to announce two new FREE training courses available for primary and secondary teachers and classroom support staff:
Primary schools -Trauma-Informed Practice in the Classroom, Friday, 27th February 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM at Lancaster suit, Albert Halls, Victoria Road, Bolton, BL1 1RU.
What You’ll Learn
- Understand how stress and trauma affect the brain and nervous system
- Learn strategies to build resilience in pupils
- Reflect on applying trauma-informed principles in your classroom
- Practical tools for universal and targeted support, including:
- Emotion Coaching
- Five to Thrive (with one-page profile activity)
- Mending Hurts
- Seven small things that make a big difference
Primary schools -Trauma-Informed Practice and the School Environment: Creating Connections, Building a Resilient School Community, Friday, 27th March, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM at Lancaster suit, Albert Halls, Victoria Road, Bolton, BL1 1RU.
What You’ll Learn:
- The science behind resilience and vulnerability
- How fear and flow influence behaviour
- Practical strategies to build resilience across your school community
- Creating safe, soothing environments that promote healing and buffer stress
Secondary schools-Trauma-Informed Practice in the Classroom, Friday 13th March, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Lancaster suit, Albert Halls, Victoria Road, Bolton, BL1 1RU
What you’ll gain:
- Updated neuroscience on stress, trauma, and resilience
- Practical strategies to embed trauma-informed approaches in your setting
- Emotion Coaching: evidence-based techniques to support emotional regulation and adult wellbeing
- Resources and slides for light-touch trainers to cascade learning
- Explore Five to Thrive, Mending Hurts, and the compassionate reason axis
- Develop attachment-aware, trauma-informed, and relational practice
Secondary schools Trauma-Informed Practice and the School Environment: Creating Connections, Building a Resilient School Community, Wednesday, 29th April, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Claremont House Saint George's Rd, Bolton BL1 2BY
What you’ll learn:
- The science behind resilience and vulnerability
- How fear, flow, and human needs (safety, belonging, mattering) shape behaviour
- Strategies to create emotionally safe, inclusive environments
- Practical skills to build resilience across your school community
- Designing physical spaces that promote healing and buffer stress
FREE Bespoke Training offer
There is an opportunity for Foundational ACEs course to be delivered to your organisation as a bespoke session for free.
The bespoke sessions are put together to specifically address the needs of your organisation.We will work with you to ensure that the length of the session is what you need and that the topics included are relevant to you. These topics can include what are ACEs, child development, what trauma is, the stress response system and trauma-informed practice. The sessions include a range of videos and animations and group activities. Please see the Bespoke Training Offer Flyer for more details.
