Project lead: Professor Tracey Reynolds (FLAS)
Through creative, co-produced methodologies including theatre, film, and digital storytelling, this project generated innovative, trauma-informed approaches for rethinking public service provision across the housing, health, and education sectors.
Project impact:
- Engaging with over 540 migrant women, of which 100% reported increased confidence and agency.
- 92% described a stronger sense of belonging; 90% reported improved employability, with many securing roles in voluntary and statutory sectors.
- The production of Light the Way, a Critical Social Policy-funded film) captured the women’s leadership journeys and wellbeing improvements.
- The Count Yourself Lucky theatre production used in midwifery and maternity staff training across South-East London to improve awareness of structural barriers in care.
- The development of new trauma-informed training materials co-produced and funded by local Neonatal Services.
- The #NoticeUs campaign, which secured free Wi-Fi in temporary accommodation in Greenwich and Lewisham, improving digital inclusion for over 500 families.
- Research that shaped local housing policy proposals on relocation notice periods presented at Citizen’s UK General Election Assembly to former Deputy PM Angela Rayner.
- Training on trauma-informed practice delivered to 100 housing officers.
- 93% of community partners reported improved practice based on project tools and principles.
