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Whitby Boxing Club “booming” after backing from the Woodsmith Foundation

22 May, 2023

Whitby Boxing Club is going from strength to strength – with support from the Woodsmith Foundation.

The club received a £50,000 grant from the Foundation, an independent charity funded by Anglo American, owner of the Woodsmith Project, to help with the costs of relocating to a purpose-built facility and also purchase state-of-the-art boxing and fitness equipment.

The club has already reaped the rewards of their move, seeing their membership numbers almost doubling in a matter of months.

Club Coach Stewart Lorains said: “The funding we received from the Woodsmith Foundation has had a massive impact on the Boxing Club, it’s booming at the moment.

“The funding bought our new boxing ring, rowing machines, steppers, bikes, bags, gloves and more, and the impact has been enormous.”

Gemma Scire, the Woodsmith Foundation’s Grants & Programmes Manager, said: “As a Whitby lass, it’s great to see the impact the Woodsmith Foundation has had on the local boxing club and in turn benefitted local people.

“This is an amazing space and just another great example of the huge impact our funding has, not only in Whitby but in all the communities we support.”

The Foundation was set up to bring wider community benefits in addition to the positive economic impact of the Woodsmith Project. It has supported almost 500 projects in Redcar and Cleveland Borough, Scarborough Borough and the North York Moors National Park since 2017, distributing over £1.7million in grants in 2022.

Anglo American pledged a four-year, £4m funding package when it acquired the Woodsmith Project in March 2020.

For more information on the Foundation and how to apply for funding visit www.woodsmithfoundation.org.uk

For further information, please contact:

Swain, Chief Executive
[email protected]
Tel: 07724 832982

Notes to editors:

About the Woodsmith Foundation:

The Woodsmith Foundation was established to distribute funds to local community projects, which can range from wellbeing support and social activities, skills training, action on social issues such as climate change, to improving public spaces and facilities The articles of association define the area of benefit as within the North York Moors National Park and the boroughs of Scarborough and Redcar & Cleveland. Once the mine goes into production a small proportion of annual funds may also be deployed outside the area of benefit, provided the Foundation’s objectives are still met.

Anglo American makes a donation to the Foundation of £1m a year while Woodsmith Mine is under construction. Longer term, it will be funded by percentage of mine revenue, which is expected to amount to several million pounds per year.

The charitable objectives of the Foundation are to:

  • Advance education, including supporting projects and training that benefit people by enhancing their skills;
  • Promote the general health of the community;
  • Advance environmental protection and improvement including the enhancing of the local landscape;
  • Provide and improve facilities in the interests of social welfare and leisure time with the aim to improve residents' well-being;
  • Help gain skills to those in need, because of financial hardship by being out-of-work, particularly the long-term unemployed.

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