Trauma Foundation South West

We encourage practitioners, organisations, volunteers and community members to respond to the consultation, drawing on your own experience and insight.

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potentially affecting over a million people.

Through our work, we see how prolonged uncertainty, increased conditionality, and ongoing instability undermine recovery from trauma. Policies that extend periods of limbo risk compounding harm, rather than supporting integration, stability, & wellbeing.

The UK Government is consulting on proposals to double the default time someone must wait before applying for settlement to 10 years, and introduce earned settlement. This will have far-reaching consequences for people seeking asylum and refugees, as well as people here to join family, study or work

Trauma Foundation South West | Refugee Trauma Therapy, Training and Therapeutic Support Trauma Therapy, Training and Therapeutic Supervision in Bristol and South West England. We support staff and volunteers who work with refugees and people seeking asylum by offering trauma training…

consistent care builds trust, safety and hope.

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#Refugee #Trauma #Therapy #MentalHealth #SeekingSanctuary

Healing from war, displacement and persecution takes time and long-term, specialist support saves lives.

At TFSW, we provide free, long-term, trauma-informed therapy for refugees and people seeking #Asylum, filling gaps statutory services often cannot. One client has had 36 sessions, showing how...

to end a conference that balanced challenge, compassion and connection.

“The struggles and complexities of our times are uniquely overwhelming and uniquely ours.”
— Staci Haines

The team at UWE Bristol organised the day beautifully. We heard many people say it was their best work day of the year!

All of this was interspersed with genuine community-building in the breaks, which felt just as important as the formal sessions.

We were proud to have Katherine Cox bring us back to our “strong back, soft front and wild heart” (Brené Brown), holding the space with care and grounding a fitting way

The World Café discussions were vibrant and thoughtful, and the BRASP Lived Experience Group offered a rich panel on the importance of lived-experience spaces — for solidarity, for advocacy, and for shaping best practice across the sector.

Powerful contributions followed on the intersection of LGBTQI+ identities and immigration status from Pip McKnight, Graham Read and Hannah Lock, alongside an inspiring talk from Laura Shobiye on how mothers in the refugee space can thrive with the right support.

That’s a wrap on this year’s #AsylumSeeker and #Refugee #Wellbeing #Conference at UWE Bristol — and what a day.

There was a clear, hard-hitting overview from Colin Yeo on proposed and enacted legislative changes, grounding the day in the realities people are facing right now...

Thank you to UWE #Bristol for hosting with such care, and to everyone who is bringing their attention, openness and commitment into the room. This is collective space really matters

slow down, breathe and reconnect before leaving.

We are in this space alongside partners and friends whose work closely with - including BRASP Haven, Borderlands, BHN, GARAS, Project Mama, to name but a few.

Lots of honest conversations about the realities faced by people seeking asylum, and what it actually takes to offer care that is joined-up, humane and sustaining.

Especially grateful that we have been invited to close the conference, holding a grounding exercise. Ensuring we all take a moment to..

We are really enjoying being at the #AsylumSeeker and #Refugee #WellbeingConference at the University of the West of England in #Bristol today.

It is such a thoughtful space, bringing together people on the ground with academics who care so much about how research translates into support.

Preventing Vicarious Trauma | Trauma Foundation South West This workshop is designed to develop insight into how to manage stress and be effective when helping highly traumatised people. Supporting this client group can have a serious impact on well-being and...

Building resilience and calmer nervous systems and creating trauma-informed, sustainable workplaces

👉 Book your place now: www.tfsw.co.uk/preventing-v...

Read more on our blog: www.tfsw.co.uk/news/blog-po...

#VicariousTrauma #Burnout #Prevention #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Training

Led by our Clinical Director, Dr Katherine Cox, this session is for anyone working or volunteering with traumatised people. We’ll explore what vicarious trauma and burnout are (and the neuroscience behind them, boundaries, triggers and practical coping strategies...

The message is clear: vicarious trauma and burnout are structural issues not individual failings. Caring for others means caring for ourselves and the environments we work in.

Preventing Vicarious Trauma and Burnout, Online Training

🗓 Tuesday 20 January
⏰ 11am–1pm (2 hours)

Many people in supporting roles are already under immense pressure. Last year, we reflected on this in our blog on the dynamic tension of trauma-informed work, and it’s echoed clearly in sector evidence, including Breaking Point (Fair Collective) and Running Hot, Burning Out (Pro Bono Economics)...

New year, new intentions: Prevent vicarious trauma and burnout 🔥

If you work or volunteer with traumatised people, book your place now on our upcoming training to protect your well being and sustain your practice....

👉 Book your place now: www.tfsw.co.uk/preventing-v...

Read more on our blog: www.tfsw.co.uk/news/blog-po...

#VicariousTrauma #Burnout #Prevention #NewYear #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth #SupportingtheSupporters #Wellbeing #Training

individual failings. Caring for others means caring for ourselves and the environments we work in.

Preventing Vicarious Trauma and Burnout, Online Training

🗓 Tuesday 20 January
⏰ 11am–1pm (2 hours)

Led by our Clinical Director, Dr Katherine Cox, this session is for...

reflected on this in our blog on the dynamic tension of trauma-informed work, and it’s echoed clearly in sector evidence, including Breaking Point (Fair Collective) and Running Hot, Burning Out (Pro Bono Economics).

The message is clear: vicarious trauma and burnout are structural issues not...

Hello Bluesky! New here 👋 We’re Trauma Foundation South West - supporting access to trauma therapy and strengthening trauma-informed practice across South West England, alongside refugee-centred organisations.

#TraumaInformed #RefugeesWelcome #CharitySector #SouthWestEngland