FORMER pupils at a York school which was demolished in 1996 have made a generous donation to a planned new community boxing club.

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 12:38

By Haydn Lewis

St George's Old Boys Association held its annual reunion at York NHS Social Club in White Cross Road and donated £200 to Charlie Malarkey's New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness club project.

The club, which is in the process of being built at New Earswick Sports Club aims to get people off the streets and give them a purpose in life already has planning permission for a brand new gym.

The man behind the project, the Salvation Army’s Charlie Malarkey, said he is very grateful to the group for their generosity.

He said: "Work is underway on the footings this week and we will be pouring concrete next Monday and then it's the steel work.

"We have had some fatastic donations - MKM Building Supplies and Jewsons are donating toilets, sinks and breeze blocks and ADS Scaffolding York has provided the skips and a grabber to get rid of the soil. Gem Construction has provided us with a digger - which I am learning to use and Cemex has supplied the concrete.

"The other day a lady gave us £500 for punchbags - she wants to remain anonymous, but it's an amazing gesture."

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