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Practical personal & psychological safety

Move through the world with more freedom.

Power For Women helps women make earlier choices, set boundaries and discover the physical capability they already have. Less second-guessing. More ways to act.

5,000+ women and girls coached
Trusted to deliver in schools and universities
Training for workplaces and communities
High level qualified coaching
Our experience

We’ve delivered training for:

Selected organisations and education providers where Power For Women has delivered training.

NatWest
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Bank of England
Sheffield Hallam University
Vale of York Academy
RNN Group
York St John University
North Yorkshire Police
University of York
Manor Church of England Academy, York
University of Sheffield
Yorkshire Asian Business Association (YABA)
City of York Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
York Learning

Find your way in.

Come as an individual, bring us into a school or university, or speak to us about your team and community.

01 / EDUCATION

Schools & universities

Age-appropriate sessions for students and staff, from a powerful introductory hour to a longer programme.

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02 / ORGANISATIONS

Employers & public bodies

Practical training for colleagues and communities, shaped around who you want to reach.

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03 / INDIVIDUALS

Learn for yourself

Build clarity and capability with guided online learning and our practical book.

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Welcome to Power For Women

More choice. More capability. More room to live.

Women already navigate their lives with skill. But thinking about safety can add another layer of scanning, planning and second-guessing. We combine psychology with practical self-defence, helping people notice sooner, decide earlier and experience what they can do.

What changes in a session

Discover what you can do.

Personal safety can take up a lot of mental space: scanning, planning, wondering whether to act. We help turn uncertainty into clearer choices and practise what happens if someone ignores a boundary.

The teaching is active and supportive. It begins with awareness and early exits, then develops voice, movement and physical capability.

Notice soonerUnderstand behaviour and improve your position.
Act earlierUse boundaries, voice and movement.
Get awayDiscover your power and practise escape.
Illustrative workshop scene with women practising an open-palmed boundary stancePractical, supportive coaching
Illustrative scene of two students talking while walking through a university campusFor students and staff
In education

Learning that stays with them.

A session should be more than a memorable hour. We work with schools, colleges and universities to make personal safety understandable, practical and appropriate for their students and staff.

From awareness and boundaries to simple physical skills, people leave with choices they can practise and revisit.

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Illustrative workplace learning scene with women in discussionFor teams and communities
For organisations

Bring it into your world.

An engaging introduction, a practical workshop or a longer programme: we help employers and public bodies choose training that fits their people. The aim is real experience, useful discussion and a way to keep the learning alive afterwards.

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Learn from wherever you are

Get One Step Ahead.

One Step Ahead is our comprehensive four-week online course. Follow-along videos guide you through the psychology of personal safety and practical skills and techniques, with short, progressive lessons you can practise and revisit at your own pace.

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Our shorter 7 Day Course offers an introduction.

POWER FOR WOMENONE
STEP
AHEAD
Psychology · Choices · Physical capability
In their words

What people say.

“Just having extra knowledge and understanding techniques like The Fence helped me feel more confident.”
Melissa Blackwood · Roller Girl Gang founder
“...the work you do through Power For Women is very commendable and it sounds like you have a very qualified background!”
Rt Hon John Healey MP
Keep exploring

Books, ideas & what is coming next.

Read & revisit

Introducing Women’s Self Defence

A practical book to read, practise and return to after a session.

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Forthcoming

The Psychology of Women’s Self-Defence

A deeper look at pressure, earlier decisions, capability and the mental load of safety.

Publication details to follow
Ideas & conversations

Articles, talks and media

Insights and stories for readers, educators, organisations and journalists.

Section in development

Let’s talk about what your people need.

Tell us who you want to reach and what you hope they’ll gain. Media and speaking enquiries are welcome too.

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