{"id":431899,"date":"2026-02-18T07:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/431899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:43:08","slug":"new-earswick-boxing-ko-for-kindness-celebrates-mayor-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/431899\/","title":{"rendered":"New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness celebrates Mayor cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith is contributing the money from his Community Buildings Programme to\u00a0\u00a0Charlie Malarkey’s New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness<\/a>\u00a0which is being built on the outskirts of the city.\n<\/p>\n

\n The venue at New Earswick Sports Club, which aims to get people off the streets and give them a purpose in life, is now close to being complete.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Charlie said: “It’s fantastic to know that we’re getting this money from the community buildings programme.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The building is now water-tight and we are now working towards a topping out ceremony in March with about \u00a325,000 still to raise.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It will be a well-being hub with boxing being the focus, but it will be catering for mental health as well as a GP to look after physical health.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Mr Skaith said:\u00a0 \u201cSport is incredibly\u00a0powerful\u00a0in\u00a0improving\u00a0our physical and mental health,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0determined\u00a0to break down the\u00a0barriers so more people can take part.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat\u2019s\u00a0why we\u2019re\u00a0in\u00a0New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness\u2019s corner, helping them to create more opportunities\u00a0for\u00a0young people\u00a0when they need it most.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Mayor David Skaith (Image: Gavin Priestley)\n<\/p>\n

\n Last year organisers have launched a Knives Down Gloves Up campaign to encourage youngsters to take up boxing rather than carrying knives.\n<\/p>\n

\n Adam Stead managing director at ADS Scaffolding has been helping Charlie with every stage of the build.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said: “It’s to encourage young people to pick up some boxing gloves instead of carrying knives – instead of potentially taking someone’s life away and ruining your own.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Charlie\u00a0has worked for the Salvation Army\u00a0for 17 years and leads its early intervention and prevention team in York.\n<\/p>\n

\n Former pro boxer Jamie Warters will be helping with coaching when the club is up and running and has said he can’t wait for the doors to open.\n<\/p>\n

\n Charlie said: “The police have been in touch with me and said they have kids as young as 11 who are desperate for it to open.\n<\/p>\n

\n “No one is making a bean out if this, it’s a charity working for the community.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Anyone who thinks they can help in any way, please contact\u00a0Charles.Malarkey@salvationarmy.org.uk<\/a> or phone\u00a007712443163<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n Charlie Malarkey, Jamie Warters, Adam Stead with Stephanie O’Bee and Adam Hickey from York firm Pinnacle Construction at the site when it was under contruction (Image: Haydn Lewis)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith is contributing the money from his Community Buildings Programme…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-431899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}