Been past it a few times since it opened 6 months or ago and wondered if it had bee opened by a fan of the Club, or just used Wakefield's connection to the word Trinity,like the shopping Centre.
IMO it's great to see the Club getting involved and joining up with them. Getting young kids boxing, or even just in the gym (or into any sport), to have some fun can have a great effect on their lives. From the point of just getting them off the streets, to exercising, to personal development, self discipline and the structure it can have. Especially in working class & poorer areas, where there isn't much for young kids to do at all and there's loads of kids full of energy dieing for something to get into and be a part of. Much like RL can do for kids, so can combat sports.
I've seem it personally, from when I stared martial arts as a kid and then into adulthood training them, what a difference it can to even the most shy timid kid confidence wise, it can bring them totally out of their shells and makes them realise what they're capable of, which then can have such a positive knock on effect to all other areas of their lives.
I know a fair few lads that went to White Rose boxing Club back in the day and it turned many of them from straight up menaces to society, to becoming obsessed with the sport, spending all their free time Boxing, getting fit, which led them onto the amateur boxing scene and it in many cases totally turned them around as human beings.
