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Westinghouse • Energy Coast UTC • Cumbria HAF • Whitehaven Academy • St Benedict's School • Lakes College • Cumberland Council • E.ON • Healthy Hopes • Soroptimist International • Cumbria CVS • Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project
Upcoming Public Workshop
Everyday Safe Women
3-Week Personal Safety & Violence Prevention Course
📅 Sunday mornings throughout September
📍 Whitehaven
👥 Limited places available
OUR APPROACH
We focus on simple, accessible and effective strategies that everyone can learn and use.
AWARENESS
Learn to recognise potential risks early and make informed decisions before a situation develops.
PREVENTION
Understand how simple preventative habits and safer choices can reduce risk before action is needed.
PRACTICAL SKILLS
Simple, effective techniques that are easy to learn, remember and use in real-life situations.
INCLUSIVE
Supportive workshops designed for people of different ages, abilities, backgrounds and confidence levels.
COMMUNITY
Promoting safer, stronger communities by giving people practical tools they can share and use together.
BESPOKE SOLUTIONS
Tailored workshops shaped around the needs, environment and concerns of your group or organisation.
Recognise → Reduce → Respond
Who We Work With
Our workshops can be tailored to suit a wide range of audiences, helping individuals and organisations develop practical and relevant personal safety skills.
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Individuals
Businesses
Schools and Colleges
Community Groups
BEYOND SELF-DEFENCE
Many self-defence programmes and martial arts classes naturally focus on developing physical skills. Whilst these skills undoubtedly have value, managing non-consensual aggression in everyday life requires much more than physical ability alone.
At Everyday Safe, we believe personal safety begins long before physical action is ever required. Awareness, prevention, communication and sound decision-making are often the most effective ways to reduce risk and avoid harm.
Our workshops combine practical personal safety skills with expertise in education, risk management, human performance and UK law. This broader perspective helps participants recognise developing situations earlier, assess risk more effectively and respond with greater confidence.
The result is a practical, balanced approach that develops better awareness, stronger judgement and safer everyday habits, helping reduce the likelihood that physical intervention is ever required.
MEET THE TEAM
Practical experience. Educational expertise. Real-world risk management.
Everyday Safe has been developed by a multidisciplinary team bringing together expertise from personal safety, education, human performance, martial arts, risk management, health and wellbeing, and UK law.
Rather than relying on a single viewpoint, our workshops combine complementary disciplines to provide a more holistic perspective, helping participants make better decisions, reduce risk and build confidence in everyday life.
Together, the team has many decades of experience working across education, high-hazard industries, martial arts and self-protection, health and fitness, community safety and professional legal practice.
Chris Denwood
Co-Founder | Martial Arts Teacher & Personal Safety Specialist
Chris is an internationally renowned martial arts teacher, author and personal safety educator with decades of experience helping people develop confidence, awareness and practical skills. He has delivered programmes for schools, workplaces and community organisations, combining practical experience with accessible education. Through Everyday Safe, Chris helps people understand how to reduce risk, make better decisions under pressure and develop practical strategies that improve personal safety in everyday life.
Jenny Denwood-Ling
Co-Founder | Qualified Teacher, Health & Wellbeing Coach
Jenny is a post graduate teacher, health and fitness coach and personal safety educator with a variety of experience supporting people to improve their health, confidence and quality of life. Her background in education and coaching helps create engaging, inclusive learning environments where participants feel comfortable developing new skills. Through Everyday Safe, Jenny helps people build confidence, resilience and practical habits that support long-term wellbeing and personal safety.
David Forsythe
Specialist Adviser | Risk Management & Human Performance
David has more than 30 years' experience working in high-hazard industry, specialising in risk management, human performance and organisational safety. He has led the development of strategies that help protect employees and the public by improving decision-making, reducing risk and strengthening safety culture. Through Everyday Safe, David brings valuable expertise in understanding risk, recognising vulnerability and developing practical approaches that help people make safer decisions every day.
David Mason
Specialist Adviser | Legal & Self-Defence Law
David is a masters degree qualified solicitor who provides legal guidance and advisory support for Everyday Safe. His expertise helps ensure the programme reflects current UK law while promoting responsible, proportionate and legally informed decision-making. David brings an important perspective to personal safety education, helping participants understand the principles surrounding reasonable force, personal protection and the legal considerations that can arise before, during and after challenging situations.
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Everyday Safe is part of A Step Ahead CIC, a Community Interest Company committed to helping people live safer, healthier and more confident lives.
Every organisation that books an Everyday Safe workshop helps fund personal safety education to schools and community groups that might otherwise be unable to access it.
What People Are Saying
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No. Everyday Safe is designed specifically for beginners, and no previous experience is required. Our workshops are accessible, supportive and suitable for people of different ages, backgrounds and confidence levels.
No. Whilst we do cover simple, practical physical safety skills where appropriate, Everyday Safe takes a much broader approach. Our workshops focus on awareness, prevention, communication, decision-making and practical strategies that can help reduce risk before physical action ever becomes necessary.
Practical exercises form an important part of the learning experience, but you'll never be asked to do anything you're uncomfortable with. Participants are encouraged to work within their own capabilities, and all activities can be adapted where appropriate.
Yes. Alongside our public workshops, we deliver tailored programmes for businesses, schools, colleges, charities and community groups. Content can be adapted to suit your audience, environment and objectives.
Yes. Whilst we are focussed on delivering workshops throughout Cumbria, we're also happy to discuss opportunities to deliver training elsewhere in the UK.
READY TO GET STARTED?
Whether you're looking to attend a public workshop or explore training for your organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
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