“The impact of George Hosking on our approach here in Croydon has been profound. We have gone from having no co-ordinated preventative strategy to having an integrated approach that spans not just the local authority but partners such as the NHS as well… we owe him a debt of thanks.”

“WAVE Trust's support has been instrumental in challenging our thinking about prevention and early intervention … and it is informing future planning. Our work with WAVE shows that an ambitious Local Authority and a rigorously evidence-based external agency make strong partners in driving better outcomes for children and families.”

“WAVE have inspired and continue to inspire our commitment to address the challenges brought about by inequalities, disadvantage and abuse and we are excited about our continuing relationship to improve services dedicated to these areas.”

“The work of WAVE and the strong evidence base on which its theories are based has given us the confidence, the motivation and inspiration to push forward with influencing the development in services in Stockport in a way that prioritises the support of early parenting and the development of a nurturing relationship between infants and their parents or main carers.”

“WAVE Trust have been leaders in promoting prevention for the past decade. Their 70/30 strategy to prevent child abuse and neglect before they happen has my full backing, and will deliver significant social, health and economic benefits to the country.”

“WAVE Trust has brought science and rigour and policy to something which intuitively everybody knows is true ... I am absolutely convinced that as long as Governments don’t mess about with them, and give them steadfast political support, the benefits will be very considerable indeed. They could manifest themselves in lower rates of re-offending, lower rates of youth crime, lower incidence of mental health amongst children, higher rates of educational outcome, and better transitions from education to work.”

“WAVE Trust is a small charity with the impact of a big one. I recently had cause to be present when they made a detailed presentation on early intervention and cannot recall seeing a more impressive and convincing presentation of the facts. What I learned from WAVE that day, informed and greatly influenced the Centre for Social Justice's approach to policy on children and families, as published in our report Breakthrough Britain.”

“The Pioneer Community approach to preventing ACEs before they happen has been developed by partners including Public Health England, the Institute of Health Visiting, and WAVE Trust. We invite the Mayor to meet with WAVE Trust to discuss the potential to pilot a Pioneer Community project in London.”

“The WAVE Trust explained in their excellent report ‘Building Great Britons’ the future impact of ACEs on our society... These are the children... who can cost society astronomical sums.”

“The rigour of the WAVE research stiffened my resolve to put my neck out and advocate a category shift in how we treat the earliest years of life. This was later summarised in my report “How Small Children Make A Big Difference.”

“I have disseminated the information you gathered to at least 1000 professionals in the past year … your work is being promoted directly to high-level policy makers (e.g., the Scottish Executive) as well as to practitioners working on the ground (e.g., health visitors, volunteer agencies). [WAVE has] significantly more influence in the field of early years intervention than many other organisations do.  I will continue to speak of your work – including at the House of Lords.”

“The message of the WAVE report is so clear and so well argued that I have circulated it widely to clinical colleagues and policy makers. The findings are particularly powerful because of the status of WAVE as an independent NGO/charity without any other axe to grind. The WAVE report is playing a significant role in shaping the content of [our early intervention] strategy.”

“it was inspiring to learn of your considerable achievements in moving an evidence-based approach to the early developmental prevention of violence ahead in the UK, and fascinating to see the close parallels between the work of WAVE and unfolding of the WHO violence prevention activities. There is no doubt that collaboration will be mutually beneficial, and it will be exciting over the next few weeks to develop terms of reference for joint activities that WAVE and WHO can pursue.”