A group of museums have put a trigger warning on a new training manual about trigger warnings because it mentions 'sensitive' topics like poverty and the slave trade.
The 'Trigger Toolkit' aims to foster a new generation of leaders that can tackle the challenge of 'reducing the likelihood of an emotional trigger occurring'.
But ironically, the guide has slapped its own bright red warning on one of its first few pages, which reads: 'The following two pages contain potentially triggering content.'
The booklet was released by Museum Development North - a partnership funded by Arts Council England between York Museums Trust, the Manchester Museums Partnership, Cumbria Museum Consortium and North East Museums - and it will help staff during their training.
The pamphlet states it is 'intended to support organisations working across the sector to take a practical approach to preventing, responding to and managing a triggering event within a training session', adding: 'It supports and can be part of an organisation's tools and training for becoming more equitable, diverse and inclusive.'
