OUR TEAM
HeadGuard is led by individuals committed to trauma-informed practice, emotional wellbeing, safeguarding, empowerment, education, and humanitarian outreach.
Together, the team combines:
lived experience
boxing and coaching expertise
wellbeing and educational approaches
and community-focused delivery.
OUR APPROACH
Human-centred. Trauma-informed. Community-driven.
HeadGuard’s work is built on the belief that movement, connection, education, and supportive environments can help individuals rebuild confidence, resilience, identity, and hope after trauma and adversity.
The organisation combines:
trauma-informed boxing and movement
mindfulness and emotional wellbeing
education and mentoring
safeguarding-led delivery
and humanitarian outreach
to help create safe spaces for empowerment, healing, and human connection.
CATHY BROWN
Founder
Former professional boxer, coach, and founder of HeadGuard® and Boxology.
Cathy became one of the pioneering women in British boxing, becoming one of the first women in the UK to receive a professional boxing licence and later winning both the British Boxing Board of Control English title and the WBF European title.
Following her boxing career, Cathy studied psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, developing a trauma-informed approach combining movement, emotional wellbeing, confidence building, and human connection.
Through HeadGuard and Boxology®, Cathy now works to support children, young people, women, and vulnerable communities affected by trauma, abuse, violence, exploitation, displacement, and adversity — using boxing, movement, mindfulness, education, and community support as tools for empowerment, resilience, and hope.
Cathy has delivered projects within the UK and internationally, including humanitarian outreach initiatives in Iraq and Nepal supporting women and girls affected by trauma, violence, displacement, and exploitation.
GREG WILLIAMS
Co-Founder
Greg Williams co-founded HeadGuard® and Boxology alongside Cathy Brown.
With a strong background in boxing coaching, movement, and wellbeing-focused delivery, Greg has played an important role in developing trauma-informed boxing programmes rooted in confidence building, emotional resilience, safeguarding, and community connection.
Through HeadGuard and Boxology®, Greg supports programme development, coaching education, humanitarian outreach, and community wellbeing initiatives within the UK and internationally.
Greg has helped deliver projects supporting women and girls affected by trauma, violence, displacement, exploitation, and adversity, including humanitarian outreach initiatives in Iraq and Nepal focused on empowerment, movement, education, and emotional wellbeing.
Greg continues to support the organisation’s vision of using movement, connection, and trauma-informed approaches to help individuals rebuild confidence, resilience, identity, and hope.