Free Personal Safety/ Self Defence course for Women in Manchester!!

tinkers

Hi, I have not posted in this part of the forum before so please forgive me if this is in the wrong place!!!

I teach women's self defence and at the moment am running a ten week (2 1/2 hours each week on a Tuesday evening) course funded by the WEA (an adult learning organisation), this is aimed at women in improving their safety both in a physical and non-physical way.

This course is completely free and women from anywhere in the Manchester area, you do not have to be from a specific location/ postcode at all. As long as you can get there-a Women's centre in the centre of Manchester.

Please also note that any woman, over 16 can attend with limited mobility/ older age group or other restrictions.

This is a fantastic course and I love teaching it, however because there is no big advertising budget for these courses, as I work for a voluntary organisation sometimes the amount of women that may come don't know about it................that's why I am putting this post- on my favourite website!!! Because I know a lot of people come on here, more than we could reach through putting a few posters around!! And after all this is the ultimate money saving!!!! FREE! :j

I really do apologise if I should not have posted this but we want the course to run and need the numbers to be good on the course.

Please PM me if you are interested and I can give you further information.

Thanks xx

Tustastic

I did a short course like this in London, funded by the local police force and local council. It was really useful and best of all we had a good laugh, even though some of the people there had had unpleasant experiences in the past. It's all about giving you the confidence to go out and get a life while staying safe, not about hiding terrified behind locked doors with a can of Mace. As the advert says, if you can, you should.:)

tinkers

I'm glad you had a good experience of the course in London a friend of mine did one in London too. If you know any women in the Manchester area pass it on to them.........

Yes having a laugh on the course is really important too, always trying to instill a bit of humour in the course as can't let it get too heavy!

cookies_mum

Hi Tinker,

is this course still running or is there another one coming up soon as me & my sisters would really like to atttend them.

tinkers

cookies_mum wrote: »

Hi Tinker,

is this course still running or is there another one coming up soon as me & my sisters would really like to atttend them.

Hi

Thanks for the interest I will send you a private message with further details and my contact details on.

Thanks

estorianna

Hey,

thanks so much for posting this. Hope I amon the right thread not been on this foum before. Please could you send me all the details for me and my duahgter and hopefully many of her friends....:-) great thing to do.
thank you, thank you ersnal safety for women is animortant issue...
Estorianna:j :T you are an:A x

tinkers

estorianna wrote: »

Hey,

thanks so much for posting this. Hope I amon the right thread not been on this foum before. Please could you send me all the details for me and my duahgter and hopefully many of her friends....:-) great thing to do.
thank you, thank you ersnal safety for women is animortant issue...
Estorianna:j :T you are an:A x

I will send you a personal message regarding my details and what is involved on the course!! Glad you are interested it is a very big issue for women and I think all women should know these basic skills that I can offer. :T

Trialia

If you could send me details as well I'd appreciate it I live in Fallowfield and have a disability, and I'd like to be able to go out on my healthier days without taking my cane just for personal security!

Pssst

Do you know of similar courses for men..?

strx

Really interesting and really important!

Do you have any scheduled training session? I m really interested to participate.

Stardust111

Hey, Thanks for posting this. I am very interested in this, and would appriciate it very much if you could send me the details, that is if its still on going? Thank you. It is an amazing thing that you do. =]