Sev Necati worked in
partnership with Young Hackney, and Comic Relief, to deliver our award winning project
“Women & Young People’s Safety Solution.”
Our workshop for women and girls in personal safety, self-defence
and confidence building, empowered the group and was life changing for some.
The project worked with women and girls
from the local community, from various backgrounds, ages and had various
abilities.
The group took part in discussions as well as practical activities in
self-defence. All females had an
increase in confidence and self-worth and felt empowered at the end of the
project.
“The Edge, youth hub is
proud to work alongside Sev Necati who delivers projects and courses in
Personal Safety and Self-Defence. We have successfully introduced the sessions
in our curriculum and supported her delivery of the classes at our centre. We
will continue to work with Sev as she offers a great personal touch to her
service.
Over the last couple of years Sev is very professional in her
business ethnics has delivered a high level of classes at a very high standard
, which is reflected on her commitment to ensuring women and girls are safe in
the community. Numerous students have feedback on how impressed they have been
with the skills and teaching ability of Sev. The students always leave the
classes more confident and well-rounded individual. For that reason, we are
always happy to host Sev at the Edge.”
Youth Hub Team Leader
The
Participant - Case Study - One
Sammy is a 38 year old female, White -
French, single one child.
Please
tell us why you became involved in your project/activities?
Because I had been a victim of crime recently
so I felt powerless and didn’t know how to react, what to do and I was feeling
down and depressed and it was related to what had happened to me. I had to gain some control and power and
Victims Support said that there wasn’t any self-defence they could send me too,
but I knew that it was what I needed.
Somebody saw the advertising online and sent
it to me letting me know, as they knew I would be interested.
One of my most recent incidents was that I
was a victim when I was walking back home around 9pm I was alone it was
dark. It was a busy road / pavement and
I was walking up towards a group of people, they were taking all the space the
people on the pavement so I was in a situation where I had to touch someone’s
shoulder I had no choice otherwise I would have to walk in the road which
wasn’t advisable as the road was really busy.
I accidently brushed a man, and him and his friend got very angry and
started abusing me verbally, and we then got into a confrontation and they
chased me, they then chased me in their car and they threw stuff at me and they
physically assaulted me threatening to attack me and kill me, they really
scared me, they tried to jump on me and I didn’t know what to do. I now know what to do if it happened
again. The two men were huge and I
thought what would I do, I now know.
I felt vet angry after the incident as it
wasn’t necessary and felt powerless and I changed my route I wouldn’t normally
do that but I was scared and also I felt down by the police as they couldn’t
find the person and couldn’t help me.
Please
tell us how participating helped you?
It has helped me because it gave me some very
practical solutions in what I could do if it happened again, to better judge
and avoid situations and how to get out of situations and it gave me the
confidence if I couldn’t get out what I could do practically. I really needed a refresher on how to protect
myself as I had done Judo before. I was
scared if I got hit what I would do, I feel I am more knowledge now in what to
do, and how to protect myself physically.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
What has changed I feel more confident. I feel more confident in plenty of ways
physically mainly because of the drills I can rely on my body more, in the law
and more confident in defending myself.
It has given me tools I didn’t know about, it
has given me more awareness and I feel more conscious that I would know what to
do if necessary.
Some of the Females
Comments
“The physical training proved my strength & resilience & gave me
a huge confidence boost.”
“The practical floor work was very
challenging & it made me realise I needed to increase my core strength
& I actually enjoyed it.”
“The practical activities enabled me to build up my confidence in being
able to deal with any threatening situations.
“The
course opened up my eyes and increased my knowledge.”
“The information on relationships was fascinating & very useful in
day-to-day interactions.”
“It has inspired me to be more active,
to be more confident and over all on how to defend myself.”
“This has been such a fantastic course & I am so grateful. It has taught me so much in many aspects of
life, not simply self-defence.”
“I enjoyed it. We did self-defence techniques, floor work
and weapons training and the trainer Sev was very nice.”
“I learnt how to be confident.”
“I learnt what the best thing for me to
do in a realistic situation.”
“Sev’s training style (no irrelevance) – well-structured course.”
“Very enjoyable and informative &
has made me more confident.”
“I am a lot more confident walking the streets alone.”
“This course was relevant to what was
going on in the area.”
“I enjoyed the close combat & weapons training”
“The course content was excellent!”
“I loved the practical session.”
“I feel much more confident I can avoid situations particularly where there
is physical harm.”
“I feel I have learnt a lot about myself.”
The
Participant - Case Study - Two
Joy is a 57 year old female, Black-British,
single 2 children.
Please
tell us why you became involved in your project/activities?
I felt the need to learn a little bit more
rapid response skills, to be more alert, and have more street creed for my age,
and be aware as the change in nature of the environment I am now living in and
the nature of my work. I needed to learn
some more modern techniques. It
re-forced things I thought I knew and gave me the confidence to put them into
practise, with the new skills I also learnt.
Please
tell us how participating helped you?
It has heightened my awareness and boosted my
confidence. Especially because it was an
all-female group and there was other people around my age that were there. That made me feel more comfortable and at
ease as mixed group of ages and cultures were present and it was really
encouraging for me and made me want to get involved more. I also made some new friends, I saw that as bonus.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
What has changed for me is that I feel much
more confident in being in conflicting situations and I feel like I have some
basic tools that I can use if I really needed too. I have a proper approach of dealing with
confronting situations in the pass I would use my basic street creed. This course has given me more discipline. I have more techniques to defend myself if I
felt threatened or were in danger situations.
The nature of my work is very challenging and
I don’t feel intimated anymore as I can deal with situations in a more relaxed way. I now know how I can action things now
without having to fight physically. I
can handle more things more responsibility without getting hurt. I wish I had some of these techniques years
ago.
The course was very regarding to finish even
though my leg was already hurting. I am
happy I attended all the sessions and I finished the course. This was something really good for me. I really got a lot out of it for myself. The course has taught me and allowed me to
take better care of myself.
All names
of participants have been changed to protect their identity.
If you are looking for sessions, 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 projects to the local community. Please contact us: info@sevnecatitraining.com
