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Corporate Training We provide training in the following Industry Sectors: Private health club membership in the UK is around 3.38 million while public leisure centre membership came to 2.46 million, making a total of 5.8 million members. Reported incidents involving viloence, abuse and threatening behaviour has been rising steadily. Leisure sevice workers have a high risk of assault with over 99,000 documented cases in 2005. A recent survey show that among 747 people living independently, who were placed in care facilities, 42 were involved in 79 different incidents in which the police were called.
Shop staff have been injured in what have started as seemingly harmless incidents.
Minicab & Taxi Drivers, Delivery Drivers, Bus Coach & Train staff, Truck & Van Drivers have all been involved in violent incidents varying from Road Rage to Robbery.
Receptionists can be particularly vulnerable due to the constant interface with the public. Training can assist in the identification and defusing of potentially violent situations.
Both State and Private schools have suffered abusive and violent behaviour. One third of all teachers in the UK have faced physical aggression from pupils, a survey for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers suggests. Verbal insults and threats had been experienced by 61% of teachers and 34% had been subjected to "physical aggression".
Workers in this sector can be subject to many forms of violent attack, from robbery at charity shops, to attacks by charity workers visiting homes have increased dramatically in the last 10 years.
There have been documented attacks in many seemingly innocuous locations. Referees, officials, management and staff have all been involved in an increasing level of violence at work.
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