A number of Carney’s Community participants are looking to set up their own social enterprise businesses. Not only are these participants looking to set up their own money making ideas, they are keen to incorporate a way to help other young, disadvantaged people in the community, and keep the good work of Carney’s going through their own projects. At the moment they are all looking for funding for their ideas and projects, and we would like to help them achieve the necessary requirements to set up their community projects in partnership with Carney’s Community.

Carney’s is currently recruiting for a ‘centre manager’ for the new premises we will soon be moving into! The ideal candidate will have experience in youth work and/or working with young adults and will take overall responsibility for the management of ‘The Centre’, an exciting new space we will be taking over in September. 

Carney’s Community has been very busy over the last year and we have lots of news to share. View this month’s newsletter here, and please subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with all our latest news and progress.

George Turner was awarded a Wandsworth Civic Award in December 2013. Here is is nomination by Caroline Sharp, Senior Probation Officer:

Carney’s Community Co-founder, George Turner, has been nominated for the South London Press “Our Heroes Award”. The nomination was to recognise the years of voluntary work that George has dedicated to the young people of Wandsworth and Lambeth.

Mark Reigate, Carney’s Community and Fitzroy Lodge ABC’s Head Coach, was nominated for the Coach of the Year award at the 2012 London Sport & Physical Activity Awards.

Carney’s Community co-founders George Turner and Mark Reigate appeared on the Channel 4 news at 7 on 15 May 2013 to discuss the decline of masculinity in current society.

MPs today took to the ring at Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club at a ‘boxing taster session’ organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing. The taster session was to introduce MPs to the work of amateur boxing clubs, highlight the social benefits of boxing, and enable MPs to get out of the bubble of Westminster into the real world.

We have to say a big thanks to one of the Carney’s Community great volunteers. Zane Irvine got involved with Carney’s Community by volunteering at our Friday evening boxing session, at Earlsfield ABC. During these sessions he helped to teach boxing fitness techniques and mentored a number of our participants. Zane then went on to challenge himself into getting into the Marines. Unsurprisingly, to us, his commitment paid off and achieving this, in itself, helped to demonstrate to our other participants that if you work hard enough at something, no matter how challenging it is, it will pay off.

George Turner, along with three Carney’s Community members, joined the panel for the “Boxing: I Prevent a Riot” debate at the channel 4 studios. This event was staged by Channel 4 and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Boxing to discuss some of the issues that will be raised in a forthcoming documentary about boxing called “Knockout Scousers”.