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By Atlas Community Amateur Boxing Club
Atlas Community Boxing Club operates in the locality of Spinney Hills. It is a community led club providing a safe space for children, young people and adults offering a wide range of services.
Atlas Community Amateur Boxing Club was established in 2018 as a result of requests from the local community. During the course of four years, the club runs daily boxing sessions, accommodating all abilities, ages and needs. We are England Boxing affiliated and work closely with women and girls, directly increasing the level of female participation in boxing. The club has grown over the course of four years attracting over a 100 members from all backgrounds. The Club is now looking to develop its programme by encouraging new and more frequent visitors by creating quality sustainable youth and community services and activities from a Youth and Community Hub. Construction work via an apprenticeship scheme was put on hold prior to Covid on a new building acquired by Atlas ABC. This premise, once complete, is a key asset in providing the community with a Youth Hub.
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Youth centres and hubs are increasingly vital in engaging with the wider community and providing people with an opportunity to socialise and access key support services. The Atlas Youth and Community Hub, once complete, will become a multi purpose youth and community centre offering a range of services such as; Mothers and toddler groups, fitness sessions, coffee mornings. Alongside recreation and fitness we aim to offer Life Skills workshops such as employability support and volunteering schemes for the youth in coaching and administration.
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During the pandemic the club opened its doors and developed Atlas Minds mental health project, this was founded after a need was identified for this service in the community, because of the project an idea started to grow with the idea to develop a safe space for the wider community to be able to use the club. People will be able to use the drop-in service for a youth & community hub, parent and child support groups, study sessions, alternative education, skills workshops, and personal development opportunities. To develop the idea further the club needs to improve the facilities and carry out repair work to the roof. there is a current crowd fund page with a target of £10,681. A family fun day was held at the club to raise funds towards the repairs. On the build up to the fundraiser we engaged with the community asking them to be involved and to donate, twenty local businesses paid £25 to have a stall, a BBQ company donated all their profits from the day, six event size gazebos were donated in the event of rain! A local packaging company donated all the disposable but recyclable plates, cups, and food bags. A local marketing company printed all the promotional materials for free! Twenty people volunteered to steward the event and we raised £2700!
Connecting people, ideas, and support from the crowd to make Leicester an even better place!
How will the money be spent?Total £10,674
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Total £10,674
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VolunteerAtlas Boxing & Fitness Club has grown immensley in the five years it has been operating. We have wide variety of people that use the services on a daily basis. We keep them engaged via other projects, such as mental well-being projects, fundraisers or day trips to boxing shows. We have seen changes amongst our young members, in their confidence, in their ability, in their self-esteem and above all in who they are as young individuals. Most importantly, they feel they belong. Based on the strength we already have with our members and their families, we know the new services will become vital in engaging with them furthermore and helping them create a better future for themselves.
Project Owner: Atlas Community Amateur Boxing Club The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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