Boxing
Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
![Craig McLundie benefitted from social prescribing, so could the NHS](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Craig-McLundie.jpg?w=768)
Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
Craig McLundie was helped out of a mental health crisis by an outcomes contract that supported him into boxing. Social investor Better Society Capital thinks the model could give the stretched health service a £1.9bn boost
Top 5 books on boxing, chosen by commentator Andy Clarke
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Top 5 books on boxing, chosen by commentator Andy Clarke
'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance
![Young male teenagr Abdul, an alumni of Empire Fighting Chance, a boxing gym in Bristol](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC6158_Small.jpg?w=768)
'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance
We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community
We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community
KSI: 'I just had a dream, self-belief and a huge work ethic'
KSI: 'I just had a dream, self-belief and a huge work ethic'
Tony Bellew: 'There’s more to life than getting punched in the face'
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