Box Champions

Box Champions is Empire Fighting Chance's 12-week programme empowering young people aged 8 to 25 to make positive changes in their lives by combining non-contact boxing training with psychology-informed mentoring. Sessions include pad work, shadow boxing drills, punchbag workouts, circuit training and skipping in three-minute rounds, with coaches mentoring each young person during the rest periods to build trust and rapport. Young people learn evidence-based personal development principles to help them understand the mind and normalise feelings, and coaches support them to set personal goals such as returning to school, making new friends or finding a job, leaving them with confidence, resilience and a sense of purpose. Empire Fighting Chance also trains organisations to deliver Box Champions themselves. The charity's inner-city Bristol boxing gym is at The Mill, Lower Ashley Road, Easton, Bristol BS5 0YJ; general enquiries are answered at info@empirefightingchance.org or on 0117 233 8700 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm), and young people aged 8 to 25 can be referred through the charity's online referral form.

Children & young people, NEET / at risk of exclusion

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