A Wishaw boxing gym bashed through a huge fundraising milestone thanks its annual event for a local suicide prevention charity.Rivals Gym owners Scott and Sam Allan have been helping to raise cash and awareness for Chris’s House over a number of years thanks to their 'Knockout the Stigma' events.And the 2022 edition saw a whopping £12,025 raised for the charity based in Belhaven Road.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android It brings the grand total raised by Rivals, which is home to purpose-built martial art and fighting training facility in the middle of Wishaw, over the £50,000 mark.A delighted Scott told Lanarkshire Live: “We had a variety of boxing and kickboxing bouts and we had a fantastic evening.“This is the fourth year we have held such an event and to hit the £50,000 mark is incredible.“We have supported Chris’s House for a number of years and we would always urge people who are struggling to reach out to them.”Chris’s House stands for ‘Centre of Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide’ and has been set up to offer a safe environment where people in, or approaching, suicidal crisis can have a safe place to go and get professional support.They now have over 60 trained volunteers who come from various professional and life experience backgrounds.The raffle and charity auction raised
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