Overview

• The 27-page Trigger Toolkit was published June 12 by Museum Development North under an Arts Council England-funded partnership.
• It begins with a bright red warning that alerts staff to potentially distressing content in the following pages.
• The toolkit lists more than 40 triggering topics including modern slavery, hate speech, debt, childbirth, miscarriages, violence and warfare.
• It is designed to help heritage sector organisations prevent, respond to and manage emotional triggers during staff training sessions.
• The move reflects a wider shift as cultural institutions increasingly apply trigger warnings to classic literature and television titles.