{"id":503288,"date":"2026-02-25T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503288\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:15:09","slug":"cyp-now-project-to-test-impact-of-boxing-lessons-on-reducing-youth-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503288\/","title":{"rendered":"CYP Now &#8211; Project to test impact of boxing lessons on reducing youth crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandboxing.org\/moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Moves Different<\/a> is a partnership, believed to be the first of its kind, between England Boxing, Welsh Boxing and the Ending Youth Violence Lab.<\/p>\n<p>It will work with qualified coaches at 10 boxing clubs to deliver a training programme targeting young people that display indicators for violent behaviour, including school exclusion or significant behavioural challenges at home.<\/p>\n<p>The six-month pilot, funded by the Youth Endowment Fund, aims to provide regular boxing sessions for 1,500 young people aged 13 &#8211; 18 before being rolled out to a larger cohort.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Lab will assess the extent to which boxing helped improve young people\u2019s emotional regulation, self-esteem and sense of community over the course of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Their findings will be compared to groups of young people given gym vouchers as part of a control measure included in the study.<\/p>\n<p>The Lab will also compare the number of arrests among young people in both groups.<\/p>\n<p>Risk factors that can lead to violent behaviour in young people include low confidence, poor emotional regulation, limited social support and exposure to negative influences.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped that by targeting young people who are most vulnerable to becoming involved in violence sufficient evidence will be collected to show boxing is an effective violence prevention approach.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Vidor, Moves Different\u2019s project manager, said: \u201cBoxing offers structure, discipline and a strong sense of belonging, helping young people build confidence and manage their emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clubs in London, Cardiff, Sheffield, Bradford and Birmingham are among those taking part in the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a valuable opportunity to strengthen the evidence behind the impact of boxing and explore how it can play a meaningful role in preventing young violence in the future,\u201d Vidor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moves Different is a partnership, believed to be the first of its kind, between England Boxing, Welsh Boxing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-503288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}