Wing Chun is like no other martial art that is currently trained in Britain, unlike BJJ, MMA, judo, karate and aikido just to name a few, Wing Chun Kung fu has never been widely known in the United Kingdom, even more so in the north of England, normally on British television its usual see people flying through the air and doing spectacular kicks that look really cool from great actors such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li doing spectacular stunts having you believe Chinese kung fu is done that way.
Well throw all that out of the window, Wing Chun is totally the opposite, it is simple and direct making it seem very fast, this makes it suitable for weaker less athletic types to fight well and on many occasions win the fight. Your age or gender is not important; Wing Chun is suitable for mostly everyone.