Pauly Skerrett from X’po-Zure took a street dance class at the Hackney Boxing Academy today, much to the amusement of all staff and students who participated! This is running as part of the ‘Brown Bomber’ project by Hackney Music Development Trust.

Sainsbury’s have generously agreed to donate the cost of lunches for a year to the Tottenham Boxing Academy, to the tune of £8,000! This fantastic gesture was brokered by Kay Horne, the Tottenham Business in the Community representative.

The staff and students have been tucking into fresh sandwiches, patties, fruit, yoghurt and juices as part of their healthy eating drive in 2012. From everyone at the Boxing Academy , a big thank you to Kay and Sainsbury’s for such a marvellous gesture!.

The Guardian is holding its annual Telethon to raise funds for the Christmas Appeal 2011 on 17th December. Want to speak to Alan Rusbridger? Or get fashion tips from Hadley Freeman? Talk politics with Polly Toynbee, football with Richard Williams or discuss films with Peter Bradshaw? You can do all that and help raise money for the Christmas Charity Appeal which will be supporting the Boxing Academy and seven other worthy causes this year. Get dialling!

The number to call is 020 3353 4368.

Lines open from 10am-7pm

Click here for more details 

The Boxing Academy has been chosen as a one of eight beneficiaries of the Guardian newspaper’s Christmas Charity Appeal 2011! You can read the coverage and donate here.

In April 2011, four Radley College pupils Charlie Rose, Theo Bromfield, Cosmo Fisher and George Rogers, completed a sponsored bike ride in the South of France.

The boys chose the Boxing Academy to be the recipient of their fundraising and we were astonished to receive a cheque for £23,429.16 from them last week at the annual boxing dinner for Haringey ABC!

Everyone at the Boxing Academy is sincerely grateful to these young men for their efforts. Honestly, we were astounded that they raised so much and and humbled that they chose our charity to benefit from their hard work. It was a selfless act of kindness and we hope they come back and visit the Academy to see how their donation has helped us later this year.

From the staff and students at the Academy: THANK YOU!

The Boxing Academy was featured in an article by the Education Editor of the Independent, Richard Garner, on 17th November 2011. The online version is available here:

The Autumn sees the start of rugby training on London Fields with Max Malkin from Saracens who runs the HITZ programme. All Boxing Academy students joined Max for an hour and a half of drills and matches, and left a little bit muddy but feeling very energised! 

On Tuesday 1st November the Hackney Boxing Academy staff and students were visited by Stuart Blasby and Joe Arthurs from the Royal Marines Visibility Team.

Stuart and Joe spent the whole day with us, showing some films, demonstrating equipment and talking about their experiences of life in the Marines. They also put the students through their paces over at London Fields!

The Q&A session at the end of the day was lively, to say the least. Everyone really enjoyed their visit and we hope they come back again. We wish them well on their next tour in Afghanistan.

We are proud to announce that 100% of our 2011 leavers are in college this September. Of special mention are two of our Tottenham students who got Cs in their English GCSE – the first in Boxing Academy history! All our students worked hard and deserve their success. We wish them the best of luck in the future.

The Hackney Boxing Academy went on a successful residential trip to Dulverton in Exmoor, Somerset in July 2011. The staff and students all had a fantastic time with the crew from Exmoor Adventures: mountain biking, kayaking, mountain boarding, coasteering, abseiling, and much more. Some of our students had not been to the countryside before and this was a real eye-opener!