05/05/2026
Small update on ANA Boxing Gym....
Following the huge support, we had last year with the community fund raising and securing a large community grant from RCT Council, we were able to buy the building and start a plan for some much-needed improvements.
Over the next few weeks, work will be starting on areas we can already fund, these are clearing of the front of the building, removing the overgrowth, bushes, and small trees, renew the front windows and doors and have the front elevation of the building hacked off and rendered. Thanks to the community support last year and the grant secured all this is now fully funded and will be done in the coming weeks.
We then need to look at improving the external access, signage, better lighting and some much needed internal improvements on a phased basis, we are working on further grant funding to help transform the building.
Another huge plus has been the increase in members at the club, while ANA has been well supported for over 20 years, it's been great to see the increase in members from young to not so young along with an increase in women in girls attending too, and people of all abilities challenges and backgrounds. As many have said to us, ANA Boxing Gym is far more than just a gym.
We’re a team/family of people with the same goal in mind.
Personal development and that of others around us.