WAVE Trust

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WAVE Trust
Worldwide Alternatives to ViolencE
Formation1996
TypeInternational educational charity

WAVE Trust (Worldwide Alternatives to ViolencE) was formed in 1996 and registered as an international educational charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales [1] under Number 1080189 in 1999. The charity is dedicated to reducing the key root causes of interpersonal violence: child neglect and maltreatment. The method used is a business strategy approach to identify and then tackle these problems at root cause level.

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WAVE's fundamental message is that most family violence and maltreatment can be prevented by known, economically viable programs to break damaging family cycles. The research identifies and actively promotes UK adoption of global best practice methods and programs to address violence, e.g. the Nurse-Family Partnership. [2] Research also identifies two early conditions as antidotes to the development of violent personalities: attunement between carers and babies, and the development of empathy in the child. [3]


Activities

WAVE works with police, government departments, academics and other voluntary organizations to improve understanding of the most effective strategies and policies for reducing violence and child maltreatment. The charity also delivers therapeutic programs for violent offenders in prison and after release. In 2008 WAVE cooperated with the Centre for Social Justice and the Smith Institute to write and publish the booklet Early Intervention: Good Parents, Great Kids, Better Citizens. [4] [5] This publication calls on all political parties to unite around a long-term commitment to the policy of Primary Prevention

WAVE Trust attracted national attention in 2022 when it was revealed that the charity had not included child sexual abuse in its 70/30 campaign. This led to the cross-party group on the Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences disbanding. [6] The decision was also condemned as being unethical and wrong and ran the risk of silencing victims by the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse [7] 

A Freedom of Information release submitted to the Scottish government also revealed that, in 2022, Hosking made an offer of financial support to John Swinney MSP in exchange for a meeting with him to discuss the work of WAVE Trust. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Register Home Page". Charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership – Helping First-Time Parents Succeed". Nurse-Family Partnership. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "The WAVE Report 2005: Violence and what to do about it" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  4. ↑ [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Allen, Graham; Duncan Smith, Hon Iain (September 2008). "Early Intervention: Good Parents, Great Kids, Better Citizens" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Holyrood group protecting at risk children in chaos after expert quits". PressReader. The Sunday Post. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Minutes of the Cross-Party Group on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse – 7 June 2022" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Scottish Parliament. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "FOI 202400403349 – Information Released – Annex A" (PDF). gov.scot. Scottish Government. March 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025. See page 118 of the document.



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