City-Wide Trauma Awareness, Sensitivity and Healing Through Relationships
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Pledge to become a trauma-sensitive Organisation Organisation Member/Partner:___________________________ Our Vision: Growing Cork as a trauma-sensitive city. Our Mission: To promote city-wide trauma awareness, sensitivity and healing through relationships. Cork city is committed to addressing the causes and consequences of previously unrecognised and unaddressed trauma through coordinated and comprehensive city-wide efforts; As a party to this MOU, I/we join with Cork City in committing to becoming a trauma- sensitive organisation and in my/our understanding that: • a correlation exists between the occurrence of childhood adversity and toxic stress which without support can lead to serious emotional, behavioural, medical and health challenges; • the cumulative effects of these experiences have the potential to severely impact both individuals and society, often manifesting as illnesses, addictions, depression and other mental or emotional challenges, as well as developmental disorders, unemployment, poverty, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, homelessness, incarceration, premature death and suicide; • the importance of having good relationships and positive daily interactions in healing trauma.
Cork Trauma Sensitive City
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