The final highlight of our Black History Month award winners comes a day late - we intended to share this yesterday but it didn't quite make it.
Corin Vanterpool was one of the 22 people who applied for our grants. He has been involved in a wide variety of groups locally. He is a fully qualified coach and the assistant head coach at Lucky Gloves School of Boxing, which is , as he describes "the best amateur boxing gym in Slough"
Talking about his work, Corin said "We engage with a lot of young men and women, showing them that fundamentals of boxing. Which I strongly believe helps with mental health issues, stress, confidence, self esteem.
Boxing has helped me overcome all of these things, so I know first hand that giving the youth a place to go and use their energy in the correct way is beneficial to both them and the local community."
Corin Vanterpool's application to us was an idea for a podcast - Fatherless Fathers. He wanted to create a podcast where he could highlight his own experiences as a father coming to terms with fatherhood, when his own father had not been as present, particularly in his early life. He also wanted to share other people's experiences and create a platform for people to share and learn together. As many of the judging panel commented, talking about Black fatherhood, what it involves, breaking stereotypes and showing the realities is a really important discussion to be had.
Corin is joined on this first ever podcast by Jonny Britcher, a good friend who is now a founding member for this amazing soon to be series. Watch this space as Corin and Jonny aim to set up as a group, and record monthly podcasts with guests. They mention their future website and social media presence. Watch this space, we'll let you know when it comes into being.
Listen to the podcast below!