We have invited the Scottish Centre for Personal Safety to run a session at QMU for any students who identify as LGBTQ+, including members and non-members of the LGBT+ society. They are an award-winning charity who specialise in providing trauma-informed personal safety training to vulnerable groups across Scotland.

Information covered may include: the law regarding self defence; reasonable use of force; warning signs and danger signs (so you can recognise when an attacker is about to attack before it happens); voice control and de-escalation; defensive stance; the T-Zone (where to effectively strike an attacker); improvised weapons; and various scenarios such as what to do if you're being followed.

Practical skills covered may include: breakaway techniques from a wrist grab or clothing grab; escape from a strangle hold; how to defend against a frontal attack, back attack and ground attack; and, if you wish, defence against a sexual assault.