Two girls in Fight Like a Girl t-shirts working on the pads in a boxing ring

DEFEND.

For councils and statutory services

Long-term, trauma-informed provision for girls aged 11 to 17 who don't engage with traditional services. Non-contact boxing, self-defence, voice and confidence, delivered week in, week out by female coaches, in partnership with the professionals who know the girls.

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Who it's for

Girls identified by children's services, youth justice, education or community safety partners, including girls who are care-experienced, affected by domestic abuse, at risk of exploitation, or disengaging from school and from mixed or mainstream activity.

Places are by closed referral from your professionals. Nobody self-refers.

What we deliver

Ongoing provision, not a short course.

We work with councils on contracts of 12 months or longer, so girls have a consistent, trusted place to be for as long as they need it. Our pilots showed what a few weeks can do; the aim is what a year can do.

Two age cohorts.

Girls aged 11 to 14 and 15 to 17, in separate groups, so the content fits.

A venue that works for the girls.

Yours, ours, or somewhere neutral. Transport can be built in.

Reporting as it happens.

Check-in when she starts, check-out when she finishes, and progress updates at agreed points, so you see results while the programme is running, not after.

Evaluation built in.

What the girls said, what changed, what we'd recommend next, at every reporting point and at the end of the contract.

What we're careful to claim

Fight Like a Girl won't single-handedly reduce violence, exploitation or domestic abuse. What it can do, as part of your prevention and early-intervention offer, is give girls who won't walk into a mixed sports club or a generic youth session a safe, trusted, female-led route into positive activity, and give you clear local evidence of what works.

How we keep her safe

Every coach is female, DBS checked and safeguarding trained
At least two coaches at every session, with a Designated Safeguarding Lead on call throughout
Completely non-contact, at every point
A clear concern-reporting process, shared with every referring professional
Full safeguarding and child protection policy in line with statutory guidance

Savannah Marshall on the pads with a girl ducking under a punch

In her corner

"Savannah is proof of what happens when you refuse to back down."Fight Like a Girl was co-founded by Savannah Marshall, undisputed world champion and two-time Olympian, and every programme carries her name and her standards.

Evidence

Our programmes have moved girls' confidence, safety and skills scores from 52% to 83% of the maximum. Every girl who completed it improved, and school staff rated the programme 5 out of 5 on every measure.

See our impactFull report available on request.

COMMISSION A PROGRAMME.

Tell us about your area, your girls and your outcomes, and we'll come back with a proposal.

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