Shumela Ahmed-Poole
Author | Educator | Trauma-Informed Practice & Systems Change Leader
Shumela Ahmed-Poole is an educator, author and recognised leader in trauma-informed practice, lived-experience leadership and organisational change.
She is the Managing Director and co-founder of Resilience Learning Partnership, a Scottish social enterprise working to strengthen trauma-informed practice and embed lived experience within organisational and public service transformation.
Shumela is a co-author of Scotland’s National Trauma Training Plan and continues to contribute to national work supporting the development of trauma-informed practice across Scotland for the National Trauma Transformation Programme.
A three-time graduate of the University of Stirling, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University in 2026 in recognition of her contribution to trauma-informed practice, education and public service transformation.
Her work brings together lived, learned and professional experience, with a particular interest in challenging traditional ideas about expertise, sharing power and creating more compassionate, inclusive and responsive systems.
Learning from Lived Experience in Trauma-Informed Practice is her first book.
