We’re sponsoring Alfreton’s Local Legends Fight Night!
From supporting families in taking SEND children to school to taking groups on trips away and providing luxury transport for events, SC Travel has been supporting the people of Alfreton and Derbyshire for over 20 years now.
More recently, we’ve been sponsoring and supporting the Alfreton-based community boxing project ‘Local Legends’, in a mission close to our heart.
For this blog, we sat down with one of the project’s founders, Jay Chadway to share more about the initiative, its success so far and importance for the community.
The mission behind Local Legends
Jay owns and runs a gym near Alfreton called Team Chad Training, alongside his dad, John. As a qualified trainer, he wanted to start Local Legends for rookies to get into boxing as a way to boost their confidence and overall mental health.
Speaking on the project, Jay shared:
“Local Legends is a project that myself, John (Director at SC Travel) and friend Josh have set up as a way to help local people with their health – both mentally and physically.
John, Josh and I have known each other for a long time, over 16 years, and all used to compete in boxing together when we were younger. The sport has always been hugely important to us, not just because of its health benefits but also for its community-centred way of bringing people together.
We wanted to share that positive impact by creating the Local Legends Fight Night project.”
About the project
Training for the 6 weeks up until Fight Night on 17th May, the Local Legends project has provided rookie boxers with the opportunity to try and train for the sport in a supportive, community-led environment.
The Fight Night itself will be judged by Alfreton and Derbyshire’s elder ‘Local Legends’ of boxing, hence the project name.
All of the training has been provided free of charge, thanks to local business sponsors like SC Travel. Within that training, participants have also been given 1-1 nutrition packages to help them with their eating habits and fitness. These have been given by Mind Over Matter, a local professional nutrition business set up by Jay’s brother, Daz Smith.
“We wanted Local Legends to feel open for anyone and everyone to join. Whatever your ability, the project is all about supporting people to get the best out of themselves.
The people who have got involved range from 18-55 years old, both male and female, and of all fitness levels.
What connects them all is the reason they’ve come to us: being in a bad place physically, mentally and confidence-wise. Local Legends has massively helped them through that and in some cases, turned their lives around.”
The future of Local Legends
“We never expected the project to take off like it has. It’s been so good to see how impactful it’s been, and we can’t wait for Fight Night this Saturday.
We couldn’t have done it without the support of our local community, from businesses like SC Travel who have helped us promote and get the project off its feet.
For the future, we’d love to do another one, so stay tuned for more.”
To buy tickets for the Local Legends Fight Night this Saturday 17th May, message Jay via Instagram or Facebook.
