Milestones:

1995 – ASCA founded; ran with volunteers – peer support

2007 – national office moved to Sydney

2008 – new strategic direction with workshops for survivors and health professionals. 

2009 –

• National Advertising Campaign 
• Inaugural national day – Forget-me-knot Day
• Trauma therapists employed on 1300 line

2010 – ASCA foundation member of National Trauma-Informed Advisory Working Group

2012 – 

• Publication of Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Complex Trauma and Trauma Informed Care and Service Delivery
• Expanded brief from child abuse to childhood trauma
• Launched Blue Knot Day as national day 

2013 – Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

• Roll-out of extensive education and training program
• Expansion of 1300 service
• With MHCC received silver TheMHS award for research in Trauma Informed Care and Practice: towards a cultural shift in mental health and human services in Australia

2014 –

• Fact sheet series
• Video series
• Extensive training agenda

2015 –

• ISSTD Media Achievement Award – audio visual for its video series
• Published Economic Report with Pegasus – Cost of Unresolved Childhood Trauma and Abuse in Adults in Australia

2016 –

• Renamed organisation to Blue Knot Foundation
• Illuminated the Sydney Opera House blue for Blue Knot Day 2016
• Published Trauma and the Law: Applying trauma informed practice to legal and judicial contexts

2017 -

• Expanded training agenda
• Published Talking about Trauma – Guide for Everyday Conversations for the General Public

2018 -

• Blue Knot Foundation announces National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma
• Published Trauma and Memory – Different Types of Trauma and Significance of Trauma
• Published Talking about Trauma – Guide to Conversations and Screening for Health and Other Services