TARA trauma-informed practice

In 2025, Becky Hatchett worked as a creative partner on the TARA Project with University College Cork — a national initiative focused on embedding trauma-informed practice in child and family services.

Working closely with the project team, Becky developed a cohesive visual identity and design system, and co-designed a suite of resources created by frontline practitioners. These included tools such as reflective supervision materials, communication aids, and resources supporting children in foster care transitions.

I was delighted with Becky's  work, really got to the essence and core messaging of the project, which is  deeply sensitive area of work - Dr Maria Lotty

While content was led by the TARA team, Becky’s role was to translate complex, practice-based knowledge into clear, cohesive, accessible and engaging visual formats — ensuring the materials were usable in real-world settings and across disciplines.

Her approach was collaborative and iterative, working alongside the team to shape outputs that reflected practitioner experience rather than applying design as a final layer.

At the Practice Initiatives Showcase Event in December 2025, Becky also contributed as a facilitator and live visual harvester, using creative engagement methods to encourage reflective feedback and capture key themes. The event marked a key milestone, showcasing co-created tools developed by 31 practitioners working across services in Dublin South Central.

This project reflects Becky’s approach as a creative partner — combining visual design, collaborative process and creative facilitation to support teams in developing and communicating meaningful, practice-led work.

The full resource will be open source and available from March 2026.

Example page from resource

Example page from resource