Alliance Flyer 1LR

Boxing Scotland is delighted to offer members the opportunity to become part of an international network of clubs and organisations that support youth development through combat sports.

The programme supports Community Based Organisations (CBOs) in strengthening or introducing activities based on Fight for Peace’s Five Pillars: Boxing & Martial Arts, Education, Employability, Support Services and Youth Leadership. This combination helps to realise the potential of young people and to help support communities in areas affected by crime and violence and social exclusion.

The application deadline is tight.  Completed applications are to be submitted by Friday 15^th February.  Once applications have been submitted Fight for Peace will commence a selection process of all the applications.  They will narrow down the number of affiliated clubs to between six to eight potential projects in order to allow the project to be more manageable.

Selection visits will then be conducted in the final week of February.

Fight for Peace will then offer these six to eight Boxing Scotland affiliated clubs the chance to send two representatives to receive five days of free training on the Fight for Peace methodology.

This training will take place on the week beginning April 1^st 2019 at the Fight for Peace London Academy in Woolwich, East London.

All costs for travel and accommodation, as well as breakfast and lunch, will be paid for by Fight for Peace.

After completing the training, clubs will also be given 12-months of consultancy support to help them adapt Fight for Peace approaches in their local area, in addition to becoming a member of the Fight for Peace Alliance which currently has members from 18 countries worldwide.

Completed applications should be e-mailed to Bhaltinder Khuman at bali@fightforpeace.net

For further information, you can visit Fight for Peace’s website at www.fightforpeace.net or call Bhaltinder Khuman on 07932 733371.

Alternatively, you can contact Boxing Scotland’s Development Officers, Ben Holme (ben.holme@boxingscotland.org  07702 866135) or Paul Coleman (paul.coleman@boxingscotland.org 07803 513699).

Links to required Documents are below.

Alliance-Programme-Application.docx

Alliance-Training-Programme.pdf

Meeting of Minds is a parent led support group that was set up to help local children who have complex/additional needs.

Meeting of Minds is a parent led support group that was set up to help local children who have complex/additional needs. The group covers Kelso, Berwickshire and surrounding areas. Having a child with ‘special needs’ can be very isolating for the family and many opportunities can be missed out on. There is, more often than not, no resources to support the young person and essentially never any funding to bring in extra support. The result being that, for many families, it is simply easier to give things a miss.

It can be hard trying to find a suitable club that can manage additional needs. Meeting of Minds hopes to be that club for children with additional needs in the Berwickshire area. The charity organises four-week blocks which have included rugby, badminton, golf, swimming and, currently, with the help of Chirnside Boxing Club, boxing. The boxing is a free event that Meeting of Minds provide, and it allows the children so much more than just the opportunity to exercise. During these blocks, children are able to engage with others, grow in confidence, work on their motor skills and, most importantly, enjoy themselves.

Chirnside Boxing Club have been very welcoming, and the children have loved the sessions so far. The club currently has 15 children in the session with many different needs, ranging from severe anxiety to cerebral palsy. The club initially worried that it could have been a disaster waiting to happen, but the exact opposite has, thankfully, turned out to be true. The coaching staff, along with volunteers, have been very welcoming with our parents and the children. They have been keen to learn how they can help each individual and nothing has been an inconvenience to them.

What a difference this makes to the parents, who can sit back in a relaxed atmosphere, with no judgement, with like-minded people and watch their children enjoy having fun.

The children are proving each week that they are capable of great things and the feedback that the club is getting is “very rewarding.” Meeting of Minds described Chirnside Boxing Club as “a credit to the area” and passed on a huge thanks to Michael, Martin, Claire and all involved with putting on the four-week long course for the children.

11 Dec 18 Reporter – Lauren Hamilton

Full report can be found at the link below.

https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/sport/more-sport/meet-the-berwickshire-based-charity-helping-children-with-additional-needs-1-4842671?fbclid=IwAR1Ry8pfLkpaw4Y03fJoOyt7c6e2XZ8kh8XPGKvVAf3WCLVF-awI0jlcjLI