BEARING · CONFLICT & PERSONAL SAFETY
Conflict & Personal Safety
One day. Avoid, de-escalate, and if it comes to it, get away.
Most situations that go wrong can be seen coming, talked down, or walked away from. This is a full day on how — and on what to do in the small number of cases where none of that works. Built from operational experience in high-risk environments and taught for students living independently in a UK city.
What it covers
Reading and avoiding
⮞ Comply, Escape, Respond — the framework and the order it runs in
⮞ Pre-incident indicators — seeing a situation develop before it arrives
⮞ Positioning, exits, and moving with purpose
Talking it down
⮞ Verbal de-escalation — what to say and what never to say
⮞ Non-verbal signals — posture, distance, eye contact
⮞ Holding a boundary — saying no clearly and early
⮞ Responding to unwanted attention and harassment in the moment
⮞ Getting away cleanly without making it worse
If it becomes physical
⮞ Breaking free from grabs, holds and restraints
⮞ Creating distance and disengaging
⮞ Protecting your head and staying on your feet
⮞ Using your voice to attract help and break freeze
⮞ Helping a friend safely
⮞ Reasonable force — what UK law allows and what it does not
Putting it together
⮞ Extended scenario practice with decision debriefs after each
One day · maximum 16 students · delivered at the institution or a hired venue · two facilitators · certificate on completion
What it delivers
Physical skills are delivered by a specialist instructor with a professional background in self-protection instruction, alongside a Bearing facilitator. All instructors hold an Enhanced DBS with children's barred list and Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Adults.