OUR PROJECTS

HeadGuard delivers trauma-informed wellbeing, movement, education, awareness, and humanitarian projects within the UK and internationally.

Using trauma-informed boxing, mindfulness, movement, and community support, our projects are designed to help individuals rebuild confidence, emotional resilience, identity, and belonging after trauma and adversity.

UK WELLBEING & EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES

Supporting emotional wellbeing, confidence, resilience, and belonging through trauma-informed movement, mindfulness, education, and community support.

HeadGuard delivers trauma-informed boxing, movement, mindfulness, mentoring, and educational workshops designed to support:

  • emotional wellbeing

  • confidence

  • resilience

  • belonging

  • and community connection.

Our UK programmes work with:

  • young people

  • women

  • vulnerable communities

  • gyms

  • charities

  • and community organisations.

HeadGuard also collaborates with organisations and initiatives including Fatima's UK Campaign to support empowerment, wellbeing, identity, and emotional resilience through movement and community-based programmes.

Using the Boxology trauma-informed boxing methodology, sessions are designed not to teach violence or aggression, but to help individuals reconnect with their bodies, regulate emotions, rebuild confidence, and feel part of a safe and supportive community.

RAKSHA NEPAL

Supporting women and children rebuilding their lives after trauma and exploitation.

Working alongside Raksha Nepal and Sustainable Himalayan Foundation, HeadGuard delivers trauma-informed boxing, movement, and wellbeing initiatives designed to help women and children rebuild confidence, resilience, identity, and hope within safe and supportive environments.

Raksha Nepal has spent over two decades supporting girls and women affected by sexual exploitation, trafficking, violence, and abuse — providing safety, community, education, and hope to survivors rebuilding their lives after severe trauma and adversity.

In October 2022, HeadGuard® and Boxology® delivered trauma-informed boxing and mind workshops in Nepal — creating space for strength, release, confidence, and reconnection. These sessions were not about fighting, but about helping individuals reconnect with their bodies, rebuild confidence, and restore a sense of control and belonging.

“If you think your life is hard then think again”
— Sustainable Himalayan Foundation

IRAQ OUTREACH

Supporting women and girls affected by conflict, trauma, and displacement.

In partnership with The Lotus Flower, HeadGuard® and Boxology® launched Boxing Sisters — a trauma-informed boxing programme created for girls living within refugee camps in northern Iraq after surviving war, violence, displacement, and severe trauma caused by ISIS.

The project used boxing not as fighting, but as a tool for release, confidence, emotional resilience, and reconnection. Three women were trained as coaches, allowing the programme to continue within the camp long after the project ended.

By creating safe spaces for movement, community, and empowerment, the programme helped girls begin rebuilding confidence, strength, and hope for the future.

SEE BOXING SISTERS DOCUMENTARY TRAILER

DOCUMENTARY & AWARENESS PROJECTS

Using storytelling, film, events, and public engagement to raise awareness around trauma, resilience, emotional wellbeing, and empowerment.

HeadGuard uses documentary, storytelling, talks, campaigns, and public events to raise awareness around:

  • trauma

  • emotional wellbeing

  • violence against women and girls

  • safeguarding

  • resilience

  • and empowerment through movement and community.

Projects including Raksha Girls help amplify unheard voices, support humanitarian awareness, and demonstrate the powerful role movement, community, and emotional connection can play in rebuilding lives after trauma and adversity.

Raksha Girls is a multi award-winning documentary following young women rebuilding confidence, identity, and hope after surviving severe trauma and exploitation in Nepal.

The film explores the emotional impact of trauma-informed boxing, movement, community, and education within safe and supportive environments.

Raksha Girls has received international recognition, including awards for:

  • Best Female Filmmaker

  • Best Editing.

The documentary forms part of HeadGuard’s wider awareness and humanitarian outreach work, helping amplify unheard voices and raise awareness around trauma, resilience, safeguarding, and empowerment.

SEE RAKSHA GIRLS DOCUMENTARY TRAILER

FUTURE OUTREACH & HUMANITARIAN EXPANSION

Expanding international wellbeing, safeguarding, and empowerment initiatives.

HeadGuard continues developing humanitarian and empowerment projects supporting women, girls, children, and vulnerable communities affected by trauma, conflict, displacement, exploitation, and adversity.

The organisation is continuing to develop collaborative relationships with organisations including:

to support future wellbeing, education, safeguarding, and empowerment initiatives internationally.

“No society truly blooms if all of its members are not included, and half of those members are women”
— Khalida Popal / Girl Power

Help us support safe spaces for healing, confidence, resilience, and hope.