Aims and Key Objectives of the CDCT

The broad aims of the Centre are achieved through developing partnerships and practices to deliver comprehensive research, teaching and CPD programmes that incorporate holistic and survivor coproduction work that will focus on some of the most marginalised and disenfranchised sections of society.  The core aims of the Centre are the advancement of clinical practice to achieve better outcomes for people who have experienced repeated incidents of trauma. The Centre will operate according to three broad principles: 

• To improve the lives and outcomes for of people who have experienced repeated trauma 
• To bridge the gap between academic knowledge and clinical practice
• To increase awareness of the trauma experiences and care needs for the most marginalised sections of society 

To improve the lives and outcomes of people who have experienced repeated trauma. 
Through recognising the whole-person impact of trauma and to place those affected by trauma at the centre of activities to improve the effectiveness of services.  This will be achieved through research, hosting continuous professional development events and through influencing the national policy agenda to ensure that the voices and needs of our populations are reflected in government policy.  

To bridge the gap between academic knowledge and clinical practice. 
To support the development of models of care derived from research driven by a strong academic rigour and developed by clinicians and peer researchers working in the field. This will be achieved through employing people with lived experience and providing comprehensive training to promote the quality of survivor research. Our service evaluation and research programmes will also have a strong applied clinical focus and will report findings based on the needs of our populations.  

To increase awareness of the trauma experiences and care needs for the most marginalised sections of society who are typically excluded, or who are minimally present, in trauma research and have limited access to trauma services. 
This will be achieved through focusing our CPD, service evaluation and research activities with these populations and using this platform to inform and influence national policy agendas.