Sev Necati worked in
partnership with Wembley Futures and Big Lottery, to deliver our award winning project
“Women & Young People’s Safety Solution.”
Our second
course specifically designed for women and girls in personal safety and self-defence
inspired the group to make positive life-style changes. They felt empowered through the training and
self-worth and confidence levels improved.
Other areas of benefit included increased fitness levels, stamina,
strength and improvement in their overall mental and emotional well-being.
Our courses
are all inclusion of local residents and we bring different members of the
community together regardless of the age, ability or background, so they could
feel more knowledgeable and powerful through the training.
Participants
said how their lives have changed in a positive way. That they
feel a sense of belonging and being part of the group made them feel they were
part of something important. This
course had had a positive impact on their lives.
The group took part in self-defence activities each week, learnt various
exercises as well as taking part in training drills.
The
Participant - Case Study - One
Saaman, 30 years old, Afghanistan, single no
children.
Please
tell us why you became involved in the project/activities?
I became involved in the course because I was
doing the martial arts (mixed martial arts) since I was a kid 14/15 years old
and my mother didn’t let me continue doing it after this age for religious
reasons and when I got the opportunity to do it again I took it up.
I also did it to increase my confidence and
self-esteem and learn my rights which has helped me a lot.
Please
tell us how participating has helped you?
The sessions have helped me a lot when I saw
you at the women’s event I was interested but I was not excepting a lot,
however I knew it was important to join.
When we started the practical training it was really good. Now when I am walking on the street I am not
scared of anyone or situations as I know I can fight back, the techniques I now
know I can use them in real life which has given me confidence to look after
myself.
My confidence and self-esteem has changed a
lot. I was going through a lot of things
before I met you. I was feeling really
depressed, I didn’t love myself and was sick of everyone and my life and all
the problems I had. But after starting
with you the things you taught us have been very empowering, such as the
knowledge of the law, the other theory, how to deal with situations and how to
work through your problems. When you are
doing the training you feel like you have the power to do, it changed my mind
from negative to positive thoughts.
It has changed my mind-set. As when I got a note book at first I couldn’t
do the positive affirmations as I felt so negative but then slowly now I write
really positive thoughts. It has
replaced the negative energy with positive energy, my self-esteem and
confidence has grown so I feel good more of the time and given me the power to
believe in myself.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
What has changed for me is my confidence
because I don’t feel much depression as before, like things would really bother
me for a long time it was stopping me from concreting on myself and looking forward
to things. I would cry a lot and say why
are all these bad things happening to me.
All my concentrating has changed when I
started training with you as I focused on the training and doing what you
taught us in the class.
I am not getting as depressed and down
now. Before I wouldn’t eat for days and
days and my blood sugars were going up and down. I look after myself a lot more now and I am
changed myself. My family have noticed the changed within me. Before with my family my attitude was to sit
and keep quiet. I am more assertive
now. I don’t stress myself about what
others say now.
Your training is very powerful.
According to my experience I know how much it
changed my life. Walking on the street I
feel empowered, through your training, that I am doing martial arts my family
now don’t make fun of me but then I didn’t have the courage to do or say
anything before, but now if they tried to do something they would think twice,
so much has changed with my family and no-one in my family under mines me.
This course is about learning how powerful
you are physically and mentally and protecting yourself and not having any
fears.
Sev you are doing a great great job and it is
really helpful for women and girls that have been abused and it’s a big
job. Thank you!
Some of the Females
Comments
“I am more confident and stronger than I used
to me.”
“This
course has changed my life in a very positive way.”
“I
am more confident and value and credit myself.”
“I
loved learning the techniques.”
“My
confidence and physical power has grown.”
“I
am really glad I came to this course.”
“I
fully enjoyed the course.”
“This
course has changed my life for the better.
Thank you very much Sev Necati.”
“I
feel Sev is professional, very experienced and knowledgeable in self-defence.”
“I
feel honoured to have had the opportunity.”
“Sev
has been inspiring and positive throughout the course. She is very professional and cares a lot for
her students. Thank you Sev!”
“It
was a fantastic course.”
“I love how we were all challenged to get out
of our comfort zone and that helped me grow in confidence.”
“Sev
has been amazing and very encouraging.”
“I
really appreciated the fact that Sev genuinely wanted all of the women in the
sessions to feel empowered.
She
really built up our confidence when it comes to defending yourself.”
“I
love how passionate Sev is about helping women grow in confidence.”
“I
would certainly recommend this course to my family and friends, there is a lot
to learn.”
“I have gained so much confidence.”
“Sev
is an amazing teacher.”
The
Participant - Case Study - Two
Fae, 32 years, British, single no children.
Please
tell us why you became involved in the project/activities?
I became involved in the course because as it
was recommended by me by my Victims Support lady at the city of London she
highly recommended I go on it because of the issues I had had with the stalker
at the gym.
Personally I thought it would be good to
build my confidence and self-esteem and meet other people, make friends and
learn about their experiences and give me a chance to
develop.
Please
tell us how participating has helped you?
The sessions have helped tremendously I would
recommend to anyone to participate you are learning, sharing views and ideas
and receiving feedback from students and yourself (the tutor) and you realise
that you are not the only one that feels and experiences these things.
It has helped build my confidence as it’s not
easy to open up and contribute things.
It’s put things into perceptive, as it real life things and it’s about
real life scenarios, real people and experiences, how to deal with these things
and giving those experiences in a participating way helped me to learn a
lot. I learnt about unconditional love
and what it means, power and control and giving examples as a group and the
majority gave real life experiences and I think that’s the best thing about
participating.
Please
tell us what has changed for you as a result of engaging with the project?
What has changed for me is the number one thing
is that I am defiantly more confident from doing the course and personally a
learning curve for me. I have made
friendships and now I can be more safe and secure when I am out and about, what
to do if I feel like if I am in trouble and I have more safety measures.
I have thought about doing some kind of
martial arts and it has given me a proper skill. It has given me a platform to develop my
confidence and safety skills in self-defence and learn new skills. It has taught me I can do it.
I highly recommend anyone to do this course,
if you have been through experiences or not it’s an excellent tool to have
under your belt.
I felt that Sev is tremendous and your
teaching skills are valuable and you made me feel comfortable from the
start. It’s not also easy to teach women
and girls from many backgrounds and abilities that have so many different
issues under one setting. It was
inspiring to have a strong teacher like yourself, so thank you.
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
