Sev Necati worked in
partnership with Sanctuary & Love Sport, to deliver our award winning project
“Women & Young People’s Safety Solution.”
Our course
specifically designed for women and girls in personal safety and self-defence was
empowering and helped the group become more confident as well as fitter and
stronger. Many of the women and girls
had not engaged in any physical exercise for many years and had had no previous
martial-arts training. They saw this has
a great opportunity to become active again and make sport a regular part of
their lives once again.
The course worked
with local women and girls, who came from various backgrounds, ages, and abilities. Our programmes are inclusive and we worked
towards providing females a safe environment to share their own personal
experiences as well as feel less isolated and vulnerable. All our programmes improve overall well-being
and confidence in women and girls in this specialised area.
The group took part in self-defence activities each week, which meant
that their stamina, strength and overall fitness levels improved. All females had an increase in confidence and
self-worth and felt empowered at the end of the project.
Our projects look to inspire women and girls.
We work towards assisting in positive change and
growth in their lives!
The Participant
- Case Study - One
Karen, 32 years old, Mixed British, in
relationship and has three children.
Please
tell us why you became involved in the project/activities?
I became involved in the course to defend
myself in self-defence if I was in a difficult situation.
To have the skills to pre-empt situations or
be more aware of my surroundings and pre-empt any possible situations in the
future and to get physically stronger and fitter.
I have previously been in abusive relationships
when I experience domestic violence and have come to realise that my relationships
affect me in a number of ways. My last
long-term relationship also ended badly.
Therefore it is important to me as a woman to empower myself by doing
things for myself that will give me more of a balance in my life, as my family
and friends are very important to me, however I also have to take care of
myself.
I recently had some health issues which meant
I had to have an operation. This was due
to a number of reasons and especially because of my personal situation. After the operation I felt that I had to get
back into keeping my physical and emotional health into balance. This course came at a perfect time as I
realised that my overall health and well-being was paramount so I decided to
take the course to get back into physical exercise and also improve my
emotional and mental well-being.
Please
tell us how participating helped you?
It has helped me to give me some more me time
which was good (really important), it gave me time to self-reflect and
self-help, self-care time where I could then improve my mental and physical and
emotional well-being. And most
importantly to defend myself in any given situation in the home, work or
street. I feel that women are more likely
to being attacked then it is a must to have these skills to learn these on the
course for all women and apply to every environment whether it’s the home, work
or street environment.
The empowerment work was essential to me as
much as the self-defence and physical work as Sev takes a holistic approach to
her training which meant that I was learning things I didn’t except to learn,
which was real bonus for me.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
What has changed for me is I realise that all
the adversities I have been through and are currently experiencing is that I am
a very strong woman.
I also realise what a good person I am and
that and how important it is to take care of myself and continue to do some of
the things I love without having to worry about what others think or sacrifice
my happiness for people regardless of who they are.
It has taught me to put myself first with the
last relationship I had I have come out of an unhealthy relationship now I put myself
first, as it is very important I am well.
Even when I was having a chaotic week I
dedicated myself to the course to come in every week as I knew how important the
personal development was to me and for the first time in my life I was going to
put myself first. I actually missed a
parents evening and also I had been in hospital one weekend and still wanted to
come to the class. My class was so
important to me.
I now take part in regular classes and
exercise at home to keep my fitness levels up.
I love Sev and she should be in every school
and community centre in England!
She has helped change my life! This is a life skill that everyone should
have.
Thank you for teaching me some of the most
important lessons in life!
Some of the Females
Comments
“The
course made me feel more confident and safe.”
“The
course made me feel empowered and capable of protecting myself.”
“The
exercises were practical, applicable to real life situations specific to
women.”
“The
group was a supportive and relaxed environment where you were able to ask
questions.”
“Simple
and effective self-defence moves, made me feel more confident.”
“It
has helped me improve my fitness.”
“This
course should be in every school and community center in the country.”
“I
highly enjoyed learning from Sev’s classes – priceless!”
“I
learnt to push myself when my body felt like giving up in the training
sessions.”
“I
couldn’t ask for a more perfect instructor.”
“I
enjoyed the sessions. I learned a lot.”
“Life
lessons that cannot put a price on it!”
“The training course was very helpful.”
“Sev
the trainer explained things well and made the sessions very interesting.”
“Anything
I was not sure of I asked a question and it was explained.”
The
Participant - Case Study - Two
Laura, 28 years old, Moroccan and Married.
Please
tell us why you became involved in the project/activities?
I became involved in the course to gain more
self-confidence.
I also wanted to feel more-safe because of my
pass experiences. I had been sexual
assaulted, bullied, harassed and stalked, on a personal and work-professional
basis. This obviously had a severe
impact on my emotional and mental well-being.
I had also experienced abuse form a person in a professional and
trusting capacity which meant that I lost a lot of trust in people and didn’t
know who to turn to because of this. I
thought the course would assist me in building my physical strength and also
assist me in improving my overall health and well-being, emotional and mental.
As I was new to the neighbourhood I also
wanted to meet people from here to gain new friendships and connections, so I
wasn’t so isolated so I could feel like I belong.
Please
tell us how participating helped you?
Participating has helped me to feel in charge
of my own safety.
I feel more empowered now, as I am in control
of myself and that has assisted me in feeling good about myself.
I feel more confident and more social, due to
taking part and I have made lots of new friends now, whereas I feel I didn’t
have any friends before apart from my husband and family.
It definitely helped me to improve my mental
health with the anxiety I held. The
course has made me feel safe that I can defend myself and no harm could happen
to me, as I travel late at night with my work a lot.
It was also nice for me to be in an
environment with only women that have been through similar things it made me
feel not isolated and lonely any more, as these women had been through similar
things, so being there was very comforting.
Being with people that could understand me
was very important to me as it made me realise that I wasn’t the only one and
that good people do exist.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
I started working out two times a week,
because of my physically statue being so small I wanted to continue to build
strength, feel stronger and fitter. I am
going to my gym and working out, I do cardio, running and weight training all
things that we discussed and I felt motivated to do because of your course.
I am also meditating and doing my
affirmations because of the techniques and strategies we went through. This has assisted me in feeling stronger all
round.
I started looking for the type of work I
would like to do and taking positive steps towards this each day, which allowed
me to feel good and be more in charge. I
made lots of new friends and this has allowed me to feel that I belong, part of
a community and feel valued as an individual.
All the empowerment training you taught me I have put into practice.
This course was definitely life-changing for
me and empowering not to be scared to deal with my emotions any more, to know
that I am okay, my mental and physical health has definitely improved. Everyone around me has noticed that I am
happier and more active.
Thank you for everything! You are an inspiration!
All names
of participants have been changed to protect their identity.
If you are looking for sessions, courses, workshops, projects and
programmes that are both engaging, interactive and fun, but also informative
and educational then please contact us at:
info@sevnecatitraining.com
If you think that you would like to get involved in our projects then
please get in contact. Our aim is to
reduce violence and the fear of violence especially towards females and young
people and we do this by delivering empowering and inspiring projects to the
local community. Please contact us: info@sevnecatitraining.com
