Confident Staff.

Calmer Conflict.

Safer Workplaces.

Conflict management, de-escalation and physical intervention training for teams facing abuse and aggression. For over 25 years, we’ve given staff the skills to respond safely and lawfully, before a situation becomes an incident.

 
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•01OUR EXPERTISE

Training your team will actually use, because it’s built for the job they really do.

Stand2 is one of the UK’s longest established and most trusted training providers. We deliver de-escalation, personal safety and physical intervention training across healthcare, education, transport, security, retail and social care, shaped around the risks your teams actually face.

Known for our unique methodology and for selecting only the highest quality trainers, we design every programme ourselves, for teams like yours. Challenging situations develop fast, so everything we teach is built on simple, practical principles that are easy to remember and easy to apply when it matters most.

Every course is delivered by handpicked professionals with genuine operational experience of the environments your staff work in. They have managed these risks themselves, not just read about them.

Your staff will leave more confident, better equipped to make decisions, and ready to handle difficult situations safely, professionally and within the law.

But don’t just take our word for it. See why we’re rated 5 stars across 250+ Google reviews.

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• 02 THE APPROACH

Real-world training, designed for real-world risk.

Our programmes cover the full spectrum of workplace risk, from de-escalation and challenging behaviour through conflict management and personal safety to physical intervention for higher-risk roles.

Every course follows the same hierarchy of response. Avoidance and de-escalation come first, and for most staff that’s where the training rightly stops. Physical intervention is only taught to those who genuinely need it.

We never teach skills in isolation. That’s why we won’t run breakaway as a standalone course: a breakaway without the communication before it and the decision-making after it isn’t real-world training.

Before we deliver anything, we learn your roles, environments and policies. Sessions are practical, scenario-led and trauma-informed, with refresher programmes and accredited train-the-trainer options for organisations training at scale.

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•04Why Choose Stand2

The right training, delivered to the highest standard, always.

From introductory de-escalation to advanced physical intervention, we make sure your training fits your environment, is proportionate to your risk and genuinely works, not just a box ticked.

Checklist icon 25+ years designing and delivering specialist conflict management training
Checklist icon Trusted by London Ambulance Service, NHS trusts, probation and Canary Wharf Group
Checklist icon Rated 5.0 on Google from 250+ reviews
Checklist icon 96% client retention
Checklist icon All trainers DBS checked for work with vulnerable groups
Checklist icon Trainers from policing, healthcare, local government and specialist security
Checklist icon Independently medically reviewed physical skills aligned with least restrictive practice
Checklist icon Physical skills medically reviewed, NEBOSH risk assessed and least restrictive
Checklist icon Built around your sector, risk profile and operational context
Checklist icon Members of the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) and AoHT
Checklist icon Accredited by AIM, an Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation

•05OUR TRAINING PHILOSOPHY

Everything we teach is governed by our five basic principles, so you can be confident that what your staff learn is safe, ethical, legally defensible and proportionate to the risk they face.

•06PROVEN RESULTS
Google Reviews

At Stand2 we go above and beyond to understand and meet your expectations. Here are some of our recent reviews.

As the trusted leader in conflict management, personal safety, and physical intervention training, we aim to elevate standards across the UK and beyond by bringing evidence-based practice, operational credibility, and expert instruction to every sector we serve.
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Great session on conflict resolution. Session was informative and helpful for managing situations of conflict. Would highly recommend.

Brilliant course! Instructors (Steve and Dave) friendly and knowledgeable, made everyone feel really comfortable. Wonderful overall experience and know have a better knowledge of conflict resolution techniques.

Good training, helpful for increasing awareness of threats and process for justifying and processing conflict resolution.

Great experience practical elements really helped consolidate my knowledge.

The instructors were very knowledgeable, approachable and supportive. Great and informative session, thank you!


Excellent delivery, really informative & engaging, cannot fault the whole package. Thank you

Great training and was delivered to a high standard. Paul was very friendly and made me feel at ease

Very useful in practical life, specifically in my workplace.