Holmes Chapel boxing club

Holmes Chapel Boxing Club was launched earlier this year to promote community cohesion and to give young people a safe place to practice their boxing skills.

It was set up following concerns raised by the Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School about the dangers faced by year 7 and 8 students who were organising unsupervised boxing matches in local parks after school with no protective headgear.

The club is led by experienced boxing coach and Holmes Chapel resident, Kevin Brownlow, who wants to tackle anti-social behaviour and help young people achieve their goals.

Based in Goostrey the club is aimed at 10 to 16 year-olds but also runs non-contact sessions for six to nine year-olds.

Since its launch in January, the club is already proving popular with young people in the area and thanks to grant funding from the Safer Communities Fund, it now hopes to grow its membership.

The grant will be used to purchase new equipment including punch bags and a boxing ring.

Kevin Brownlow, head coach at Holmes Chapel Boxing Club, said: “After the initial launch, it became clear how much interest and demand there was for a local community boxing club.”

Holmes Chapel Boxing Club is one of nine projects across Cheshire which has recently received Safer Communities Funding to support crime prevention or meet the objectives within the commissioner’s police and crime plan.

To find out more about the Safer Communities Fund, please visit https://www.cheshire-pcc.gov.uk/what-im-doing/safer-communities-fund/