testimonials

RAVES Self Defence at Sweat Depot
​2023

My cousin and I attended this class with Erin and we LOVED IT! I left feeling so empowered and with a totally renewed outlook on the way women are conditioned to respond to violence and how we exist generally in Aussie society. We loved the way Erin used her experience and case studies to explain various self defence techniques. I feel so much safer walking home alone and secure in myself, especially about not being afraid to make noise and call out behaviour. Thank you Erin for such a fun and informative session, we have not stopped talking about it since!

Liv Rankine
Corporate Self Defence Training
2020

​Evaluation comments:
  • Hi Natasha....  a huge thank you to those who organised it, it was incredibly valuable. I have told so many people about it!!
  • THANK YOU!! I too have told so many people what an empowering experience it was.
  • I was super impressed and have been telling people all about it as well! 
  • Erin was super engaging, taught us lots, and stayed back in order to provide us with as many tips as possible
  • The speaker was really knowledgeable and enthusiastic with a lot of experience.
  • The instructor, Erin was very professional and knowledgeable.
  • This event was amazing
  • Practical, great presenter​​
Natasha Nettle | Senior Consultant, Advisory 
Ernst & Young
Level 51, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
Direct: + 61 7 3227 1478  | [email protected]
Website: http://www.ey.com
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Logan Council Extendible Baton Training
2019
The feedback for the training was really enthusiastic and positive from all attendees. You’re a wonderful facilitator and we will look forward to conducting the refresher training with you in 12 months’ time. 
 
Sandy Redpath | Animal Response Team Leader | City Standards & Animal Care Branch | Logan City Council
Phone: 07 3412 4479 | PO Box 3226 Logan City DC Qld 4114 | [email protected]


Aggressive Behaviours Communications Hacks for the Workplace.
June 2017
We have all been buzzing after your presentation yesterday. I got such good feedback and our staff were able to take learnings not only for our crisis situations but for help understanding their clients more as well as gaining skills in their personal lives.... you were very inspiring! I hope we can work together again sometime. 

Emma Parker-Reniewick
Acting REO
Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service South Qld
1800 011 046  |  www.vvcs.gov.au  | 
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Teen RAVES Program
2017
Erin Cash again delivered a relevant hands on program that strengthened our students’ resilience and provided them with the practical advice and skills necessary to develop and maintain healthy relationships.  This course supports their learning in class and is extremely worthwhile: I know that the students really valued this opportunity and learnt a lot.

Katrina Makings | Head of Department Humanities
Bray Park SHS
Email: [email protected] | Web: http://www.brayparkshs.eq.edu.au

ASPLEY SHS Grade 8 CAMP TEENS RAVES PROGRAM
​April 2015
It was well paced and tremendously well presented. Some highlights that I particularly enjoyed include;
- The opening relaxation techniques (A couple of the normally over-animated boys in my Year 8 Form class literally fell asleep)
- The interesting philosophy about the needs of young women to respect and support other females   
- The encouragement to the students to exercise and volunteer in their community
- The statistics on offences to girls
- The techniques for self-defence
Erin's good humour, awesome connection with youth culture and sensitivity when needed, truly inspired and educated me. In fact I would say the program felt like a 'gift' that I would recommend as a PD for teachers or for more of our students to enjoy. As a mother and grandmother, I would truly be happy to pay to have had my daughter or grand daughter do this course.

​Maria MOJICA-CASEY
Aspley SHS Secondary Ed Teacher
ZONTA PINE RIVERS RECOMMENDATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION FOR TEENS
​2017
Our club first learned about the RAVES Personal Safety System in August 2010 when Ms Erin Cash presented a demonstration of her work at one of our monthly meetings.  Upon realizing the impact this RAVES program could have on preventing domestic violence from a young age we knew it would become one of the most important projects we could endeavour to endorse in the local community.

Ms Cash’s former vocation as an ex-riot squad police officer stood her in a perfect position to pass on expert training and knowledge around the topic of self-defence and promoting self-awareness.  After watching the program presented to Year 9 students at Pine Rivers State High our belief was confirmed that the project played a pivotal role in meeting one of the key objectives of our club and, indeed, of the local Moreton Bay Regional Council - the prevention of violence against women and girls.  

The program teaches personal safety, educates around the topic of bullying and promotes self-awareness and resilience providing young adults with the tools to approach life with strength, compassion and a sense of respect.  

The Zonta Club of Pine Rivers thoroughly endorses such an empowering curriculum and strongly recommends any school or organisation with the capacity to bring this program to the fore to do so with the full force of their abilities.  The benefits for the future of our young people and the wider community are definitely worth the effort.  

​Anthea Watson,
Secretary
Zonta Club of Pine Rivers, Inc.
QUEENSLAND POLICE WAG CONFERENCE FACILITATOR FEEDBACK
'TIPS TO LOSE 5 KILOS & SAVE $500 IN 5 WEEKS'
​Sept 2011
- informative and very entertaining
- really interesting, great speaker, a lot of good and interesting info
- excellent speaker and content was excellent. Willing to listen to others and discuss varying opinions
- I have learnt a lot
- motivational and informative
- fantastic-could have been longer
- excellent information, could be longer
- great
- very entertaining, Erin is very enthusiastic and addictive. Excellent speaker. Good to build your confidence and get people motivated. Needs a longer session time. Very informative and interesting. Too short, more time needed.
- high quality presentation, very informative and relevant to policing
- extremely interesting and very motivational. Fabulous speaker
- outstanding
- superb delivery, highly informative, great content motivating, informative and interesting
- very helpful hints 
- fantastic-could have been longer great speaker, very informative
- fabulous, could sit through presentation time and time again.
- will pick up on some of Erin's ideas
- wow! 
GYMNASTICS QUEENSLAND NATIONAL CONFERENCE "Coaching Challenging Teens"
​Jan 2015

I think the seminar that you presented was just fantastic and so enlightening and I could have (if I had forever) listened to you the whole day.  I... assist(ed) you in keeping track of the Tabata Timer (so awesome, thank you for that opportunity) for the example of giving the more troublesome kiddies more involvement in the class to bring their 'behaviour' under control.... (and) as a means of more responsibility.  
- I would like to know more from a PT side of things, your knowledge was so great, like I said, I could have sat there all day listening to you. 

​Nick Kerr
South Cairns Gymnastics
ASPLEY SHS Grade 8 CAMP TEENS RAVES PROGRAM
​April 2015
[The RAVES program was] wonderful.... It was so powerful, so important, and a real confidence booster for those girls. I would value working with RAVE again. It was the highlight of the Year 8 Sleepover.

​Sue Lonsdale
Head of Department –Junior Secondary
Aspley State High School
PINE RIVERS SHS PERSONAL PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR TEEN GIRLS AND BOYS
​Nov 2013

The Personal Safety session was fantastic: an amazing instructor who made the girls feel important and "worth saving"; a multitude of skills about safety were taught which the girls should remember for the rest of their lives; the girls really looked empowered and more confident by this session; and they had fun!

​Tania Clarke
Pine River SHS
TESTIMONIALS BRISBANE ESSENTIALLY FOR WOMEN CONFERENCE MARCH 08

“I am still blown out of the water with your presentation at Essentially for Women you were fantastic and the information you gave us was invaluable – you were dynamite.”
Deborah Beer, Coomera Waters Qld

“Then It happened I fell totally in love with the next speaker ERIN CASH yes if I was gay I would be chasing her around and yes probably stalking her hee hee hee!!! (evil witch laugh).  This 34 year old 5 ft size 6 with muscles bulging out ever where came on the stage and you know she was crrraaazzzzyyyyy.  She was leaping around like a thunder bird she was telling a story about internal organs and had a different voice for the 8 organs she was talking about.  She reminded me of the energizer bunny just not as furry.  Yes yet again another aha moment if anyone knows me they would know that I’m a little different maybe a little strange on a good way.  Here I was watching this unusual person in front of me and I looked around the audience and they were besotted as I was.  Gee people love people who are just themselves, no airs or graces, just being me is enough.”
kymsday.blog.com NSW

“I absolutely love your DVD, I have tried many and yours is the first one that I HAVE stuck to for more than a week and I actually look forward to doing it, so you have done a fantastic job.  I can’t wait  until you bring out the one with the healthy dinner ideas after we do a workout I think that would be awesome…. I have to say that you have done a fabulous job and you sure will be making a difference in so many other peoples lives I’m sure.”
Anna-Lee Milligan, Bris Qld
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TESTIMONIALS MELBOURNE ESSENTIALLY FOR WOMEN CONFERENCE MAY 08

“…your presentation at the essentially for Women convention was great!  I’ve never seen anyone with so much energy! You were inspiring…”
Jodie Daniel, Sydney, NSW

“Firstly I wanted to say thank you for being an inspiration at the Melbourne Seminar, today is day 3 of me not smoking.”
Lisa-Marie WADDEN, Mel Vic

“I met you at the Essentially for Women Seminar in Melbourne and I have not stopped talking about you!  You were an inspiration and FANTASTIC!  Well done on all that you have achieved!  You have helped me re-evaluate the fitness part of my life and helped me with a couple of queries I had too,  Thanks heaps!”
Tania Giuliano, Melb, Vic
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RISING STARS, NEWMARKET
'GUIDING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOUR" 
April 2015
Thank you so much for last night, the whole team have been talking about the training and how useful it was. I have even mentioned it to our management group!
As for yourself…. Fabulous! I loved your enthusiasm regarding oats and I ordered my first non skinny coffee today.
 
Gina Jones
Director

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