• theMovement

    Breaking down barriers to exercise for survivors of domestic violence, sexual exploitation, homelessness and correlated disadvantages

A charity committed to restoring every survivor’s right to exercise

  • With 70% of the world’s population have experienced trauma, every exercise session we teach is extremely likely to include trauma survivors
  • We deliver a one day CIMSPA endorsed CPD course on a Trauma Informed Approach to Exercise Provision
  • Become more aware of how trauma be be impacting your clients and gain lots of practical suggestions to become more trauma informed in your practice
  • Our training is eligible for the EMD UK CPD Funding, where you could save 65% of the course cost
Find out more about theMovement

Who are theMovement?

TheMovement exists to break down barriers to exercise for women who have experienced domestic violence, sexual exploitation, homelessness and correlated disadvantages. We aim to do this through two projects:

Charity Exercise Sessions
We are partnered with over 20 charities across London delivering weekly free, trauma informed exercise sessions to their beneficiaries. These sessions are delivered by our volunteer instructors – fitness professionals who generously give their time and skills weekly to be part of restoring every woman’s right to exercise. We also provide exercise clothing, footwear and equipment for participants as needed.

Our Trauma Informed Training
We have developed a one day CIMSPA endorsed CPD course for fitness professionals called A Trauma Informed Approach to Exercise Provision. This course uniquely supports instructors to recognise the impact of trauma in our clients and provides lots of practical tips and suggestions for creating safe and welcoming exercise sessions for all.

Find out more here

Why choose theMovement?

With an estimated one in five adults having experienced child abuse [ONS 2020] and 1 in 4 women experiencing domestic violence at some point in their lifetime [Refuge, 2022], it has been reported that 70% of the world’s population surveyed has experienced trauma. [WHO 2017]. This is a huge amount of the UK population who are facing more barriers to exercise and movement.

By adopting a trauma informed approach, you are creating a safe and welcoming place for those who have experienced trauma to access the incredible and powerful resource of exercise and movement.

Find out how you can get involved

theMovement, restoring her right to exercise

If you would like to join theMovement and be part of restoring every survivor’s right to exercise, we would love to invite you to join our next Trauma Informed Approach to Exercise Provision course date.

Find out training dates here