A quick guide to 'Conception to age 2 - the age of opportunity'

Published:

31 March 2014

This concise guide is designed to aid engagement by local areas by providing a simplified summary of the Age of Opportunity (AoO) report and its findings.

Download the document:

Latest

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.'

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.
Parenthood & Relationships Education Project - Toolkit 2016 (29th April 2016)

WAVE Trust, funded by the Scottish Government, has been developing resources that will help to prepare young people for possible future parenthood. The culmination of this year long project is this Toolkit which contains a series of sessions that are to be applicable to a wide variety of settings and be adaptable to young people with difference experiences and needs.
ACEs and Youth Justice

A presentation made by WAVE Trust to the second meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences, held on 27th March 2018 in the Palace of Westminster. WAVE Trust provides the secretariat for the all-party group.
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.
Building Great Britons: Perinatal Inquiry - Evidence Session on First 1001 Days

Recommendations for the promotion of optimal development in the first 1001 days to give every baby the best possible start in life.
1001 Critical Days: The Importance of the Conception to Age Two Period

This cross-party manifesto was produced - in partnership with WAVE - by Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, Labour MP Frank Field, Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
The WAVE report 2005: Violence and what to do about it

Published in January 2005. Our seminal work - this report represents the culmination of 9 years of research into and study of the root causes of violent behaviour.
Working together to reduce serious youth violence

Published in September 2008 by WAVE Trust, and written for The Metropolitan Police, this report summarises the findings and recommendations of a pan- London Conference in November 2007 on reducing serious youth violence, hosted by WAVE Trust for 'The Met'.
Healthy Child Programme and Age of Opportunity compared

Published in March 2014, this report draws conclusions from the comparison of WAVE Trust's Age of Opportunity report and the Department of Health's Healthy Child Programme.
A preventive and integrated approach to early child development: What's Missing? and Next Steps

With input from senior staff in local areas, and experts in early years, this WAVE Trust report identifies the main barriers hindering a shift to a preventive and integrated approach to early child development and suggests the key actions to overcome these.

What is the TiC project?

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.
How WAVE began

The founding of WAVE Trust
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.
How we transform children's futures

We tackle the root causes of child maltreatment
Start a TiC project

Would you like to bring all the benefits of a trauma-informed community to your area?
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.
21st Century policing

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

Published:

31 March 2014

Download the document:

Related content: