WILL YOU HELP US? Get involved in our Champions for Children campaign and your donation will be DOUBLED! The campaign ends at midday, Tuesday 20th June. “One donation has twice the impact – all donations made until 20th June will be doubled“. You can make a difference, by donating today, providing us with vital funds so we can continue supporting the most vulnerable young people throughout this summer. You can give today here. Any amount will make a huge difference to our young people. Once the donation, twice the punching power! Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002PonpPAAR

Carney’s would like to formerly welcome our new Lead Keyworker Layla, who joined Carney’s in March 2023 after having spent the last year studying for an MSc in Youth and Community Work, whilst working as a Youth Worker in Westminster. Layla has experience working in a range of industries including retail, health and fitness, and personal care. A large part of her ten-year career as a hairdresser involved mentoring young apprentices in their transition from education to the world of employment which she found to be hugely rewarding, witnessing the growth in confidence, and seeing the developing of skill sets through their difficult journeys from apprentice to junior stylist. This encouraged her to seek a more prominent role working with higher risk young people in need of further support. Layla also values the importance of fitness regarding both physical and personal development which is what attracted her to the safe space […]

Welcome to Carney’s Community Newsletter! Over the past couple of months, we have been busy working with our community, enjoying new experiences, and celebrating one another’s achievements. Read on to find out more…. With the launch of Battersea Power Station, we took part in the opening ceremony and also ran a boxing fitness session alongside Adidas and the Cruiser Weight British Champion, Richard Riakporhe, at the Adidas Empower Station, inside the new shopping centre.  We got 10 of our boxers to show off their skills and train alongside 10 members of the public, which drew in a big crowd! Congratulations to Aseal, Ahmed, and El-Fatih for completing the Bike Workshop programme. Throughout they showed their dedication by arriving promptly each week, working hard, and showing great enthusiasm! As a reward, they each earned a bike and are very proud of their accomplishments. Well done all. We were very proud to see our […]

Dear Community, Welcome to our final newsletter of 2022, we would like to thank each of you for your continued support throughout the year which has enabled us to continue doing the work that we love. We hope you have a joyful end to the year and look forward to seeing you all in the new year 2023! Carney’s were delighted to have Benedict Cumberbatch, the world leading actor and three time Laureus World Sports Awards host down to meet some of our staff and brilliant young people. It was a great opportunity to connect, share our life experiences and inspire one another! #SportForGood. We have been nominated for the Charity Film Awards, for our Carney’s Community film: https://vimeo.com/773270442/cf61eba66a ‘Carney’s is an extraordinary community charity that supports kids from underprivileged areas in South London. Firstly, they’re a boxing gym, but in reality, they’re so much more. Providing work, support, mentorship, a hot […]

Welcome to Carney’s Community Newsletter!Over the past month, we have been busy engaging in a multitude of activities within the community and are incredibly grateful to our supporters and staff who have all collectively helped us to make a difference. The boxing and fit and fed youth club sessions have been going strong throughout the Summer holidays. We had Cruiser Weight World Champion, Lawrence Okolie, come down to meet the participants and train alongside them. We celebrated the achievements of some of our participants in the boxing sessions, a huge well done to all of them for their hard work! We had four young people qualify as Eye Lash Extension Technicians at a course run at Carney’s, with AIM High and Gold Beautique. We ran boxing sessions at the annual Nicholas Stewart Project activity day, run to celebrate the life of Nicholas (one of our participants), who was sadly murdered in […]