KO Combat Academy has launched a community fundraising drive for Paul’s House in Central London, Young Lives vs Cancer’s Home from Home for families of children and young people facing cancer. Throughout November, the Bethnal Green gym will open its doors every Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm and Saturday & Sunday from 9am […]
St Helens man donates hair in children’s charity event
Kieran Halford, 26, from Sutton, will have his hair cut during the charity event at the entrance of Tesco Extra on James Roby Way, where he currently works as a delivery driver. The event will begin at noon inside the supermarket and will see Kieran having his hair cut. Before and after photographs will also […]
Salford Local Boxing Gym Teams Up with Jack’s House to Support Families Facing Childhood Cancer
Throughout November, the Salford gym will open its doors every Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm, 5pm to 8pm, and on Saturday from 10am to 12pm, to collect donations of everyday essentials – from toiletries and cleaning products to coffee and washing powder – for families staying at Jack’s House. “Young Lives vs Cancer […]
Men in demanding jobs are told to man up.
“I was once described as the angriest man in the prison service – I was just angry at the world, and I wanted to take my own life. Boxing saved me.” Robert Edwards has spent nearly two decades working in one of the UK’s toughest professions: the prison service. Over the years, he’s witnessed many traumatic […]
Caring prize-fighter Nappo gives residents the ‘best night they can remember
A charity boxing match in Banbury gave residents from a Wantage care home the ‘best night they can remember’. They were there to cheer on care assistant, Florindo Dos Santos, known as Nappo, who works at Elmbrook Court care home on Grove Road. The 30 year old was victorious in his three round bout at […]
Boxing saved my life after I nearly ended it all…
A prison worker who planned to take his own life before changing his mind when he looked at a picture of his son says taking up boxing helped him to turn things around. Robert Edwards, from Wolverhampton, has worked as an officer and then as a dog handler at prisons across the West Midlands for […]
Derbyshire man who found himself in a ‘dark place’ after friend’s suicide pays tribute in special way
Ashley Radcliffe, initially found it difficult to come to terms with the death of his friend Steve Miller, who took his own life aged 26 in 2018. In the years that followed, the 31-year-old faced significant challenges with his own mental health and confidence, and struggled to maintain his fitness, which led to weight gain. […]
Meet the Fleetwood hair stylist preparing to enter a Blackpool boxing ring again
Meet the Fleetwood hair stylist preparing to enter a Blackpool boxing ring again next month for a cause close to her heart. Fleetwood hair stylist turned boxer Tammy ‘Ironfirst’ Stanbridge, 40, is currently training for her third charity boxing match this November. Tammy is taking part in the Ultra White Collar Boxing event next month […]
Residents get behind carer, Nappo, as he takes to Banbury boxing ring for charity
Healthcare Assistant, Florindo Dos Santos, known as Nappo, is hoping the support of residents at the Wantage care home where he works will help him in the ring as he prepares for a charity boxing match. Ultra White Collar Boxing is so-called because it was originally aimed at professionals in ’white collar’ jobs. UWCB gives people […]