Opening of this new activity was on World Mental Health Day October 10th
Another new Bristol Active Life Project (BALP) activity - fitness training - non contact boxing- is covered here - Bristol Post - Boxing clever against mental health issues - http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Boxing-clever-mental-health-issues/story-19929245-detail/story.html - fitness sessions to help people with mental-health issues.
BALP Bristol Active Life Project (BALP) - http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/health-and-adult-care/bristol-active-life-project-balp - 0117 352 1173 or email balp@bristol.gov.uk
WITH posters of boxing champions covering the walls and punch bags hanging from the ceilings, you would be hard pushed to find a more macho place.
"But we are hoping that by doing this we can reduce the stigma."
But, despite the image, the team at Bristol Boxing Gym are keen to help break down some stereotypes.
That is why they wanted to offer fitness sessions to help people with mental-health issues.
Martin Bisp – who, with Jamie Sanigar, runs the gym's community-engagement projects – said: "Boxing is a very macho sport where you are not supposed to display your emotions.
He hopes that by getting boxers involved in the project, and those in the sport with long-term mental-health illnesses talking about their experiences, others will feel better able to.
The team at the gym got in touch with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership and ran their first session with people who are being supported by the NHS trust on World Mental Health Day.
Working in partnership with the mental-health trust's Bristol Active Life Project – which works to get people involved in a host of activities to boost their mental and physical health – the gym, which has helped shape world champions, is running a ten-week 'box fit' course.
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