At least half of adults will have experienced a traumatic event in childhood, while one in 10 will have four or more traumatic experiences when they are young.
The impact of such experiences will vary from person to person, but research by the Early Intervention Foundation has shown that people who had a high number of adverse childhood experiences had a strong likelihood of violent behaviour and problematic drug use and increased likelihood of poor mental health, alcohol misuse and sexual risk taking.
Other studies have shown that exposure to trauma at a young age is strongly linked to multiple disadvantages as an adult.
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