Gloves UP Knives DOWN Information

WHO WE ARE Gloves Up Knives Down, founded in 2019, is a Social Enterprise committed to supporting young people living in communities affected by knife crime, providing access to boxing training to help them lead fulfilling and healthy lives away from crime. We believe that through the discipline of boxing we can provide young people with the opportunity to channel their energy and frustrations in a more productive and positive way. Helping to build young people’s physical fitness and mental well being as well as helping to create stronger communities. The academic veracity of our core ethos - Preventative Intervention - has been advocated by noted Professor Joana Carvalho Costa, former United Nations Psychological Consultant for Child and Youth Development. WHAT WE DO Gloves Up Knives Down is committed to working with communities primarily across London to provide increased access to Boxing facilities in a variety of ways. Gloves Up Knives Down Community Boxing Kits The income generated through the sales of our T-shirts, and third party donations, allows us to provide our Boxing Kits to community groups and schools to be able to provide regular boxing training sessions. These branded and desirable kits include gloves, a head guard, a vest and shorts, and a rucksack; all ready to facilitate the delivery of boxing training sessions. Generating funding for boxing facilities Through the sales of our “Gloves Up Knives Down” T-shirts, and third party donations, we are generating revenue that can then be used to fund grass roots community initiatives that will provide access to boxing training sessions to young people living in communities affected by knife crime.