By Charlotte, Founder of Ignite Your Power CIC This weekend, Ignite Your Power CIC reached a milestone that stopped me in my tracks. We have now delivered in-person self-defence and personal safety sessions to over 1,000 women and girls across Hampshire. One thousand. In just two years. I need to tell you why that number means so much more than a statistic. Where this started I spent over 23 years in martial arts and nearly a decade working as a security consultant. In that w
Dear Friends, Supporters, and Community, Two years ago, I founded Ignite Your Power CIC with a single, driving belief: every woman and girl deserves to feel safe, confident, and empowered and those skills should never be hidden behind a paywall or delivered in a way that doesn't reflect her reality. I had spent years in security, martial arts, and coaching, and I kept seeing the same frustration play out: women attending self-defence sessions led by men, learning techniques