Rock Pool Life CIC

Practical trauma-informed training and development


We equip frontline workers with the concrete skills they need to help people affected by psychological trauma, improving recovery and long-term outcomes.

Our training programmes combine real practitioner experience with evidence-based methods, teaching your team how to recognise trauma responses and work effectively with vulnerable individuals. 

SE100 awards

NEWS / May 2026

National recognition for Rock Pool’s impact and leadership

Rock Pool is proud to have been named in the NatWest SE100 Index 2026, celebrating the UK’s Top 100 social enterprises. Our founder and CEO, Sue Penna, has also been named in the first Pioneers100 list of UK impact leaders, and Rock Pool was recognised as a Public Sector Pioneer Award finalist

Our Services

We provide:

  • comprehensive team training packages
  • individual professional development
  • support for organisations to become trauma-informed

We also offer complete facilitator training that enables professionals to deliver structured trauma-informed programmes for adults and children who have experienced trauma and abuse. These ready-to-use materials give your team everything needed to run effective group sessions.

Individual and Team Training
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Toolkit Facilitation Training
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Consultancy Services
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Experts by experience in 

  • trauma-informed practice 
  • developmental trauma 
  • domestic abuse
  • sexual violence

Our programmes are designed to be delivered across a range of agencies whether you work you in adult or children’s services and we are aware that increasingly practitioners are needing to remain agile to work across all sectors.

By providing innovative courses, we encourage working across traditional silos to engage approaches for adults and children.

We provide the tools to enable practitioners to reduce individuals vulnerability and thereby decrease demand on over-stretched services.

All Rock Pool training at a glance

Some numbers

We have trained over 12,000 people since 2020. 

Out of 3,283 delegates we surveyed:

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98% would recommend Rock Pool to others

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86% said the training would improve their ability in their day job

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90% would inform others in their organisation about the training

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