With the sunshine blazing in London and our muay thai team training outside in the grass and among the trees of our local park, we took the opportunity to catch up with some of our athletes following a gruelling cardio and technique session. These sessions are not for...
Nicola Adams OBE is Great Britain’s first ever female Olympic boxing champion, carrying two gold medals under her belt, as well as a raft of European, Commonwealth and professional world titles. Fight for Peace first teamed up with Nicola in 2012, and in 2015 she...
There are many words I can use to describe Fight for Peace, but if I had to choose one it would be family.
Fight for Peace publishes its 2020 Annual Report today, documenting the key moments, achievements, learning and challenges from a year like no other. COVID-19 had a major impact on both the needs of the young people and communities we serve, and the way in which we...
Nina is currently Head of Operations at the Fight for Peace London Academy, and has been practicing mindfulness for around eight years. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Nina tells us some of the ways that mindfulness and meditation can have a positive impact...
Today, on International Women's Day 2021, we are very happy to be handing over control of our blog to an inspiring member of the Fight for Peace team, and creator of the @dailydose_ofsarah Instagram page, Sarah Hussain: "Hey guys! My names Sarah, and I will be writing...
Fight for Peace’s Special Project has won the highly competitive Youth Justice Award at the 2020 Children & Young People Now Awards. The awards celebrate the very best in services for children, young people and families in the UK, and are selected by a judging...
03/03/2021 - One thing that didn’t stop in a year of lockdowns was the growth of the Peace Garden at our London Academy. This tranquil space tucked in behind our main gym continued to develop over the course of the second half of 2020, and recently completed phase one...
02/03/2021 - A Newham consortium of local organisations - which includes Fight for Peace - has been awarded funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) as part of the MyEnds programme. Funding will see Fight for Peace, Ambition Aspire Achieve,...
05/02/2021 - A third lockdown in twelve months presents substantial challenges and hardships for young people in London. It has also demanded speedy and wholesale adaptation by our Fight for Peace team of staff to ensure that, in whatever way possible, we are meeting...
