OUR PROJECTS
UK
Changing lives through non-contact boxing
BOXING FUTURES (www.boxing-futures.org.uk)
Boxing Futures exists to give young people a second chance — and a reason to believe in themselves.
For young people facing exclusion, trauma, violence, or a lack of direction, boxing becomes more than a sport — it becomes a lifeline. Inside the gym, chaos is replaced with structure, anger with discipline, and isolation with belonging.
Through boxing, mentoring, and education, Boxing Futures helps young people rebuild self-belief, learn accountability, and discover their own worth. Each session offers something many have never had before: consistency, respect, and a safe space to grow.
This is not about creating fighters.
It is about creating futures — where confidence replaces fear, choices replace circumstance, and young people are given the chance to stand tall, focused, and hopeful.
Because when someone learns to fight for themselves, everything changes.
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“We exist to remove barriers to young people living full and happy lives.”
— Anthony York
UK AND MIDDLE EAST
Using sport and education as tools to empower, connect and unify women and girls
GIRL POWER (www.girlpowerorg.com)
Girl Power uses football as a lifeline for girls living under extreme restriction and fear. Founded by Afghan women’s rights activist and former national team captain Khalida Popal, Girl Power creates safe spaces where girls can move freely, build confidence, and reclaim their voices through sport.
In environments where girls are silenced, football becomes an act of resistance. It restores dignity, strengthens the body, and rebuilds belief. Through play, teamwork, and leadership, girls learn they are not powerless — they belong, they matter, and they have the right to take up space.
Girl Power is not just about football. It is about courage, identity, and the fight for a future where girls are seen, heard, and free.
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"No society truly blooms if all of its members are not included, and half of those members are women"
— Khalida Popal
NEPAL
Together we can change the life of those who have no hope
RAKSHA NEPAL (www.rakshanepal.org) AND SUSTAINABLE HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION (www.sustainablehimalayanfoundation.org)
Raksha Nepal has spent over two decades standing beside girls and women whose lives have been torn apart by sexual exploitation, trafficking, and violence. Working on the front line since 2004, the organisation protects those trapped in Nepal’s informal entertainment sectors — where abuse, coercion, and silence are widespread — and fights to end forced prostitution by restoring safety, dignity, and choice.
Alongside this work, the Sustainable Himalayan Foundation supports female-led empowerment and mental health projects across Nepal. Founded by British Army veterans, Royal Gurkhas, and human rights advocates, the foundation works directly with women and children to rebuild lives fractured by trauma.
Together, they support survivors — many still children — who have endured rape, betrayal by family members, and years of abuse. Some arrive broken, believing they are alone. The simple truth that they are not — that others have survived too — is often the first step toward healing. Their shelters now protect over 100 girls and women, aged 5 to 30, offering safety, community, and hope where none existed before.
In October 2022, HeadGuard® and Boxology® delivered boxing and trauma-informed mind workshops in Nepal — creating space for strength, release, and reconnection. These sessions were not about fighting, but about reclaiming the body, rebuilding confidence, and restoring control.
This work continues. Our next mission takes us to Afghanistan, partnering with Girl Power to support girls living under extreme restriction and fear.
Because survival is not enough.
Every girl deserves safety, strength, and a future she chooses.
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IRAQ
Helping vulnerable young girls whose lives have been left in turmoil by ISIS since 2014
THE LOTUS FLOWER CHARITY (www.lotusflower.org)
Since 2014, thousands of girls in northern Iraq have had their lives shattered by ISIS. Many have survived rape, abduction, violence, and the loss of family and home. Now confined to refugee camps, they live hidden from view — restricted by fear, trauma, and cultural barriers that deny them movement, voice, and opportunity. With little protection, limited aid, and no safe outlet, many remain trapped in silence, carrying grief, fear, and unbearable memories.
In 2019, HeadGuard® and Boxology® partnered with The Lotus Flower to launch Boxing Sisters — a trauma-informed boxing programme created exclusively for girls. For seven days inside a refugee camp in northern Iraq, we trained a small group of women not only to box, but to reclaim control of their bodies, rebuild confidence, and feel safe together. Three women were trained as coaches, enabling the programme to continue weekly inside the camp long after we left.
Boxing became more than sport. It became release. Connection. Leadership. A path to independence.
By stepping into a space they had once been denied, these girls began transforming fear into strength — building resilience, supporting one another, and shaping a future where they are no longer victims, but leaders.
HeadGuard® and Boxology® will revisit Iraq and run further boxing and mind workshops in the future.
“If you think your life is hard then think again”
— Sustainable Himalayan Foundation
