Meet a few 70/30 endorsers

Andrew Selous MP

'WAVE Trust is undoubtedly having an impact in Parliament.' Read more

Alex Burghart MP, co-chair of APPG for Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences

'I am proud to endorse this campaign and I will continue to work with WAVE towards making this vision a reality.' Read more

Rt Hon Nigel Dodds OBE MP, leader of the DUP Parliamentary Party

'I fully support WAVE’s 70/30 campaign to prevent adverse childhood experiences.’ Read more

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

'WAVE's visionary 70/30 strategy has my full backing. It tackles the roots of the problems in our society where so many address the symptoms.' Read more

Rt Hon Jon Ashworth MP, Labour Shadow Health Secretary

‘I support the Wave Trust’s 70/30 campaign to bring about a 70 per cent reduction in child maltreatment by the year 2030.’ Read more

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Alex Williamson - 70/30 ambassador and APPG Development Officer

'Whilst I don’t share the vocational background of many of my fellow ambassadors, I was drawn to the 70/30 campaign because, at the root, it’s about social justice.'

Rob Robinson

'I saw an advert back in 2015 asking if I wanted to make a difference – yes I did. It was an advert for the 70/30 campaign.'

Linda Dee

'I am very excited to be part of a new movement challenging the status quo and pushing for change.'

Deborah Davies

'I work in a secondary school with children in care, post order children, those subject to a child protection or child in need plan.'

WAVE Trust's Trauma-informed Communities (TiC) project will empower communities across the United Kingdom to build communities, strengthen local services and spread awareness about the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), resilience and how both affect all of our minds, bodies and life outcomes.

Age 2 to 18 - systems to protect children from severe disadvantage

Written by Ita Walsh and published in June 2018 by WAVE Trust, 'Age 2 to 18 - systems to protect children from severe disadvantage' details how a national shift to a user-focused, trauma-informed care system characterised by ACE-awareness, followed by adoption of a pedagogical approach across all aspects of children and family services, would protect against severe, multiple disadvantage.

WAVE research

Transformation requires knowledge coupled with practical actions.

George Hosking OBE on WAVE's story

George Hosking, CEO and founder of WAVE Trust, on why he started this journey.

The impact of WAVE's work

Impact of WAVE's work

Conception to age 2 - the age of opportunity

WAVE Trust report - a Department for Education invited response to Supporting Families in the Foundation Years - March 2013.

The next decade of social transformation

What was achieved in the first 20 years and what we are committed to for the next decade.

Start a TiC project

Would you like to bring all the benefits of a trauma-informed community to your area?

21st Century policing

From the perpetrators and victims they engage with, to the stress they experience, police officers encounter trauma on a daily basis.

What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is the term used to describe traumatic experiences before age 18 that can lead to negative, lifelong emotional and physical outcomes.

The 70/30 Network