What do we mean by a “Trauma-informed Organisation”?

Trauma-informed practices are often referred to for ways to engage with people who have experienced abuse, assault, exploitation, or trauma as a service provider. Organisations can also incorporate trauma-informed practices into their organisational, management, and supervisory models, to account for the fact that many individuals with different kinds of trauma (including historical, cultural, colonial, and state-enacted trauma) may work there.

Resources: Emergent Space: Finding an Alternative, Organizational Trauma and Healing, The Trauma Stewardship Institute

Recommended citation: “Trauma-informed Organisation.” Movement Glossary. Collective Threads Initiative, 2026. https://www.collectivethreads.org (date accessed).