Welcome to Our Early Spring Edition of 2025!
As the days grow longer, the London ACEs Hub is blooming with new opportunities to learn, connect, and take action on adverse childhood experiences. From our upcoming webinars and community discussions to spotlighting transformative research and campaigns, we’re here to support you in driving trauma-informed change and build resilience across London.
Let’s grow together this season, read on for ways to get involved and stay informed.
This Month’s Highlights
We have included a special issue of the e-newsletter from the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) marking the 25-year review of Adverse Childhood Experiences Research and Practice published by the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect.
This newsletter has been compiled by Arnon Bentovim Chair of the ACEs SIG Foundation Committee.
We include an impact statement from Consortium regarding the Supreme Court Ruling which impacts trans rights. It's offering organisations the opportunity to add their signatures to the statement.
Mad Youth Organise’s “We Get Sick They Get Rich” campaign and manifesto, created by 25 young people, spotlight how exploitative policies from tech practices to housing costs, fuelling Britain’s youth mental health crisis.
A quasi-experimental evaluation of the Lifelong Links programme showed that stronger support networks reduced homelessness risk among care leavers aged 18–20 by 10%.
Meanwhile, the Person Centred Association launched The Encounters Podcast to delve into person-centred psychology, and Survivors Voices released 26 free leaflets on abuse, trauma, self-care, and recovery.
In our Racial Justice feature
This section covers three highlights: a Center on the Developing Child webinar on how racism “gets under the skin” to affect child development and health.
VAMHN’s “Why Should Our Rage Be Tidy?” webinar with Sumanta Roy and Prof. Ravi Thiara on the mental health crisis among Black and minoritised women.
The Racial Justice Fund, backed by Trust for London and City Bridge Foundation, offering funding and support for projects that tackle the ethnicity pensions gap, establishing Black and minority-led credit unions, as well as initiatives that foster Black entrepreneurship, providing resources, mentorship, and investment to increase the rate at which Black people can start and grow their own businesses.
A Dot of Inspiration
A New Podcast launched by an LAH Member, about experiences of Childhood Sexual Exploitations and domestic violence.
Discover London’s Events and Insights
This spring, we’ve curated a lineup of insightful events designed to inform and inspire trauma-informed practice across London.
Dive into the UKTC Insight Series webinars, first exploring how poverty and stigma undermine young people’s mental health, then uncovering best practices for supporting trauma-exposed children with learning disabilities.
Project CREATE’s lunch-hour session “Do You Mean What I Mean?” will bridge gaps between young people and researchers in youth mental-health studies.
Families can embark on a free, interactive adventure through space, jungle, and ocean at the British Library’s Story Explorers.
Finally, don’t miss ATTUNE’s 3rd Impact and Dissemination Conference, where youth-led research reveals pioneering tools like Validating Voices and the ACE of Hearts game to advance mental-health and wellbeing.
Plenty of inspiration for further action this May, Mental Health Awareness Month!
We hope this edition informs, inspires, and encourages action
Don’t miss out, dive into the full reports, register for upcoming events, and join the conversation on how we can work together toward meaningful change.
Join our movement!
We love welcoming new members to our independent network of survivors, multidisciplinary professionals, and community advocates. Join us to add your voice in 2025 and help make London an ACE-aware metropolis!
