Workshops

Self-defence workshops for public-facing workers

Angry man
Security guard
Paramedics
Rude girl
Carjacking
Stressed nurse
Rise in UK shopping centre staff wearing stab vests as violence soarsThe Guardian 2024
One in five teachers have been HIT by pupils this yearBBC 2024
NHS attacks: Nurses being spat at, hit and punched at workBBC 2024
Violence and abuse against UK retail staff rises to1,300 incidents a dayThe Guardian 2024
Gang threatens roadside workers with bats and racist abuseBBC 2024
Co-op boss says criminal gangs are operating ‘exempt from consequences’The Guardian 2023
Tesco gives workers bodycams after rise in violent attacksThe Guardian 2023
6,034 care workers suffered violent attacks during the last five years perpetrated by residents in their careGMB Union 2019

Do your employees fear for their personal safety at work?

  • Do your employees:
  • serve aggressive customers?
  • deal with stressed service users?
  • work with people who have mental health challenges, abuse substances, or are classified as at-risk youth?
  • make welfare visits to unwelcoming households?
  • make home visits alone?

If your employees are exposed to risks of physical assault during their day-to-day work activities, we can provide self-defence training – tailored to the unique circumstances of your workplace – to help them anticipate, avoid, defuse, or safely break away from, physical attacks.

Our training is ideal for:

TeachersDoctorsNursesParamedicsCarersSocial WorkersRecovery WorkersShop WorkersHospitality WorkersTransport WorkersSecurity WorkersEvent Stewards

The benefits of our workplace self-defence training:

  • Employees who are capable of physically protecting themselves enjoy:
  • greater situational and physiological awareness
  • greater mental and physical self-confidence
  • greater resilience to stress
  • greater ability to proactively calm situations
  • greater capacity for assertiveness and leadership
  • For employers, our training offers a unique opportunity to:
  • demonstrate commitment to their employees' wellbeing
  • open a constructive space for discussion about workplace abuse
  • analyse past incidents and create future incident response plans
  • build a united front to prevent feelings of victimisation/isolation
  • foster camaradery, boost team morale and improve staff retention

Times and location

Workshops can be delivered in a single day-long course or over several days, and hosted at the Murrayside Community Centre in Ipswich or in-house at your venue.

Contact us using the form below and we'll get in touch to develop a tailored training programme for your workplace.

Terry Tatum, Head Instructor

Terry has trained close protection instructors for Police and Customs Officers at workshops hosted at the Blackwell Academy in Ipswich.

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