Our Impact – The Fighting Chance

Since 2015 The Fighting Chance has supported hundreds of people feel better, improve their health and wellbeing, find employment, and get their lives on track. Our programmes have a positive impact for those people who need the most help and support.

Engage

We are specialists in engaging the hard to reach. Over 50% of participants are from ethnic minority backgrounds, 15% are aged 50 and over, 35% identify as disabled and 31% of our clients are women.

Motivate

Feeling better is often the first step to making a lasting change. 95% of our participants report improved levels of health and wellbeing.

Change

Our work is much more than a spike in motivation. It’s a structured programme where we get to the root of what’s holding people back. Removing barriers one at a time.

Achieve

Our employability programmes have a 50% success rate. Half of participants will enter sustainable employment. A further 20% will enter work related training.

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Testimonials

"I came across Fighting Chance via their boxing classes for veterans. They have been the been a life changer for me. The women’s boxing club has allowed me to meet other women veterans and share stories. Their support has gone a long way to saving my life! Big thanks to this amazing service for veterans!"

Yvonne

"It is with great pleasure and experience. The Fighting Chance is a delicate no profit charity working with veterans and their families making a massive difference in our lives . You have to be in it ,to experience benefits. They made a massive difference in my life 🙌 . I am forever grateful. The support is magnificent. Many thanks to the team. 🙏 🙌 ❤️"

Larissa

"Attending fighting chance has had such a positive impact on my life. I'm much healthier and fitter through their training programme and it's also built my confidence. A great way to meeting great people and brilliant for networking with other veterans services and creating more opportunities. Recommend 100 percent."

Mark

"Fighting chance is priceless, to all veterans who are in dark places like I was 6 months ago the team gave me hope Imran, Bart, Sunny, Fitzroy lodge, all of the veterans who take part are incredibly inspiring we laugh we train and sometimes hurt but overall I feel safe to be me with no judgement thank you fighting chance everything you represent means so much to all of us and I certainly would be lost without you."

Mike

"I cannot recommend the programme enough, it’s given me a new sense of belonging to a community again, something that I had lost."

Mel

"The Fighting Chance is a brilliant charitable organisation that helps support Veterans in so many ways from social engagement, improvement of mental health and wellbeing, to employment needs, which is channelled through their love of boxing. With multiple boxing programmes available and expert coaches on hand, it is great to see so many of our veterans getting involved and the positive impact it can create."

Jess, Blesma

Our Partners

Proud sponsors of The Fighting Chance