– Jo Wilton and Alec Williams, Centre for Mental Health
The Care Experience Branch was set up to break down barriers, raise the profile of everyone who cares for care-experienced children, and offer a welcoming space to explore challenges, improve services, share learning and pool resources.
The branch is currently without a lead, so its gatherings are paused. We are looking at ways to stay connected with its members in the meantime, and we would like to see it renewed.
This branch is currently fallow.
If you are interested in leading this local work, we would love to hear from you.
Contact info@tipn.org to express your interest.
The Network has been given consent to share the work of Dr Claire Agius, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Dr Zoe Cox of Research Illustrated, who have been researching the lived experience of parents in families formed through adoption.
Their artwork was developed to help communicate the often unseen emotional and systemic experiences of adoptive parents. Members can see it in our monthly newsletters.
We hope that in spring 2027 Claire and Zoe will join our members’ event, where we will reflect together on the impact of these powerful images.
* Note that by becoming a branch member you will also become a member of the
Trauma Network, and therefore may occasionally receive Network wide communications.
Our ambition is for Plymouth to be a trauma-informed city. Our independent network is open to anyone connected with Plymouth with a desire to learn about and promote trauma informed ways of being. You too can join our Network and help Plymouth become a safer and kinder place, where the impact of trauma and adversity is both recognised and responded to with sensitivity and compassion.
