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October 4, 2024
BoxWise participants delight crowds at Joshua vs Dubois Weigh-In

As part of our ongoing partnership with Queensberry Promotions, BoxWise was delighted to take part in the build-up of the hotly anticipated Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois title fight last week. A group of our fantastic participants from Islington ABC travelled to a packed-out Trafalgar Square for the fight night weigh-in, where they took to […]

July 23, 2024
QUEENSBERRY TO COMMIT £1 MILLION TO BOXWISE, THE UK’S ‘MOST SIGNIFICANT BOXING CHARITY’ 

BoxWise Foundation are delighted to announce a new multi-year partnership with Queensberry Promotions. As part of this, Frank Warren is to become the first Chairman of the BoxWise Foundation Development Board, and Queensberry have committed £1 million to support BoxWise over several years. This donation is being matched by fellow incoming Development Board members Nick […]

July 22, 2024
Our First Graduate Intern, Dokun

BoxWise were extremely fortunate to welcome Dokun, a BoxWise Graduate to the team as our first 3 month administrative assistant intern. Below, Dokun shares his experience of joining the BoxWise team earlier this year.

October 12, 2023
Promoter Frank Warren is honoured to join the most significant boxing charity of our generation

BoxWise has welcomed leading boxing promoter Frank Warren to its advisory board.

October 27, 2022
Boxing boom helps grass roots prosper

Super-fights such as Shields v Marshall are enabling clubs to grow numbers and improve lives outside the ring.

October 26, 2022
The BoxWise Ukraine Programme featured on ITV Meridian

Coverage from the 26/10/2022 from ITV Meridian on the amazing achievements of the BoxWise Ukrainian Refugee Programme in Eastleigh.

October 11, 2022
Disability Programmes

BoxWise is proud to offer a leading boxing disability programme in partnership with the Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Amateur Boxing Club, Luiz Faye’s Kronik Warrior organisation and the Mary Hare School. BoxWise’s disability programmes support hundreds across the country, inspiring countless young people to become the champions of tomorrow.

October 3, 2022
Boxwise - ‘This is about helping the most vulnerable’

Boxwise is a development programme for young people that began in London and has grown rapidly. It’s also a source of funds for England Boxing clubs.

September 30, 2022
Britain’s homelessness crisis: we need to think out of the box

Homelessness in Britain is reaching endemic proportions, with new research by Centrepoint finding that as many as 122,000 young people aged 16-24 presented to their local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness in the past year. This follows a 40 per cent increase in youth homelessness over the previous five years, with this trend only expected to continue as the government pushes ahead with planned cuts to universal credit.

September 30, 2022
Nick Maughan: Ministers must do more to encourage vocational alternatives to university

Back in July, the Prime Minister evoked in a speech the importance of practical and vocational education to “transform people’s lives”. But can the Government walk the walk?

September 30, 2022
Helping veterans in Greater Manchester thrive in civilian life

BoxWise launched at the start of 2020 and is using the sweet science to help women and disabled people as well as those who formerly served their country on the front line.

September 30, 2022
After 18 months of sporadic education, schools need a reset

Throughout this week, close to 9 million pupils will return to school, after 18 months of constant disruption caused by the pandemic. What have we learnt? That school is best in person, obviously – but also that the pandemic has also amplified the scale of inequalities across the national educational system.

September 30, 2022
This UK Foundation's Charity Is Helping Young People Punch Above Their Weight

As Britain's national youth work budgets continue to experience cuts, we look at the charitable foundation putting youth work front and centre of its ambitious post-pandemic agenda

September 30, 2022
Building More Equitable Education Systems With The Help Of AI

In the aftermath of Covid-19 - the philanthropic sector has an outsized opportunity, as well as responsibility, to help make up for the losses sustained by the educational sector. AI is already supporting education non-profits in their efforts to provide students with the skills they need for success in college and beyond, and might be the key to enabling lasting change in educational systems worldwide.

September 30, 2022
How I plan to use my Saracens success to help young men like me

My story shouldn’t be unusual, but it is. Rising from adversity requires self-belief. My life story is one of overcoming adversity. As the child of Jamaican immigrants who came to the UK during the Windrush years, my father’s violence forced me into care at a young age. As a looked-after child in the 1970s, the […]

September 20, 2022
Tyson Fury's cousin has been killed by knife crime but knocking out the problem is complex

Over the weekend, Tyson Fury described knife crime in Britain as a ‘pandemic', following the tragic and fatal stabbing of his cousin, Rio Burton. A 17-year-old boy was also injured, with two young men, aged 20 and 21, taken into custody.

September 20, 2022
New Program for Armed Forces Veterans

BoxWise is proud to launch its leading boxing programme for ex-servicemen and women in the heart of Manchester. Offering a free 10-week boxing programme with a difference, the programme helps Armed Forces veterans forge a new path after leaving the military.

February 7, 2022
Boxwise 2022

2021 was a huge year for Boxwise, with some considerable success in the design and implementation of our 13-week program across the UK. We delivered over 270 classes, graduating 16 programs and placing over 20 young people into full time employment and further education. 

November 2, 2021
Boxing: Female Empowerment and Opportunity

Women’s boxing has been on the rise since Nicola Adams inspired the nation in 2012 taking gold at the London Olympics – the first Olympics women had been able to compete at.

August 24, 2021
UK Boxwise Launch

As I stop and reflect over the last six months, I find it quite remarkable what Boxwise has managed to achieve.

April 23, 2021
Boxing with a Purpose

We’re delighted to be launching BOXWISE, a non-profit social enterprise that helps young people build confidence, improve their health and maximise all opportunities available to them.

April 23, 2021
Welcome to Boxwise

I have always been a great believer in community, but more specifically, in community projects that have lasting impact. The Nick Maughan Foundation has always placed education and community at the forefront of its activities, its three pillars being education, community and the environment. Initiatives that can bring about the best in people by providing them with opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise be afforded are particularly special.

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