CHANGING SYSTEMS.
STRENGTHENING ORGANISATIONS.
DELIVERING IMPACT.
A Word From Our Founders
Adversity, trauma and resilience are no longer niche conversations. They sit at the heart of every challenge our businesses, services and systems are trying to solve from workforce wellbeing, retention and productivity to customer experience, health inequalities, school exclusion, violence, and the long shadow of the pandemic.
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We launched We Are ATR because the organisations doing the hardest work, in business and industry, health, care, justice, education and community, deserve a partner that combines real evidence with real humanity, and commercial credibility with values that hold.
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For more than five years we have led the West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience movement, a nationally recognised programme that has reshaped how organisations think about adversity and trauma. We have trained more than 3,000 professionals across the public, private and voluntary sectors, convened over 700 partners, co-produced a suite of internationally referenced tools, and walked alongside chief executives, commissioners, HR and people directors, frontline staff and people with lived experience as they transformed their practice.
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That work does not end. It evolves. We Are ATR is its next chapter, a limited company built to carry this expertise, community and evidence base into a form that can serve any organisation, in any sector. We remain rooted in the values that built the movement: equity, compassion, co-production, and lived experience at the centre. What changes is our ability to scale, to respond, and to partner with organisations who share our ambition.
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This prospectus is an invitation to a long-term, strategic partnership. Whether you are a chief executive protecting your workforce, a CSR or sustainability lead building credible social impact into your reporting, a people director investing in retention and culture, a brand or sponsorship lead seeking authentic community partnerships, an SME owner shaping the kind of business you want to be, a commissioner designing the next generation of services, or a voluntary organisation scaling your impact. we would welcome a conversation.
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The Founders
We Are ATR Ltd
Why Choose We Are ATR?
"We Are ATR adopt a values-led, evidence-based approach which can transform practice and strengthen impact. If you’re serious about trauma-informed change, they are a great organisation to work with."
Dr Linda Harris
CEO
Spectrum Community Health CIC
"The West Yorkshire ATR Programme has been a genuine system movement... We Are ATR builds on that strong foundation and offers an important opportunity to continue supporting organisations and systems to embed trauma-informed and responsive practice in ways that are practical, compassionate and effective."
Alison Lowe OBE
Deputy Mayor for Police and Crime
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
"We Are ATR combines deep, seasoned frontline expertise with the rare courage to do the hard work of system change. They don’t just understand the impact of trauma on our communities—they are systematically dismantling it."
Becky Haas
International Subject Matter Expert - Trauma Informed Care
Becky Haas Consulting
“If you want an inspiring, ambitious and supportive service that guides you along your trauma informed journey, then We Are ATR are the perfect people to do this”.
Matthew Rees
Management Trainee (Education and Inclusion)
Wakefield Council
"If you want to shift culture, not just policy, then you need Emm beside you and your team! She brings extensive knowledge and experience, warmth coupled with a way of working that quietly transforms people and systems."
Dr Lisa Cherry OBE
Trauma‑Informed Systems Leader, Author & Researcher
"ATR gave a valuable opportunity to connect, learn from and contribute to the development of trauma-informed work."
Chris Sweeting
Project Manager
Kirklees Youth Justice Service
"At We Are ATR, we are rooted in system change, and we translate that into commercial, social and workforce value.
We bring deep experience of transforming complex systems and apply that insight to help organisations improve outcomes, strengthen performance and reduce long-term demand and cost."