VISION: A Youth Olympic champ Dubois now sets her sights on the main event Photos: GETTY IMAGES
A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT programme to tackle discrimination and promote positive mental and physical health has been running in conjunction with the qualification event. Local people are invited to attend the workshops which are planned to run from approximately 13:30 – 17:00. The remaining dates and locations are: Thursday March 12, KO Discrimination /BOX-in-MIND, Sports Zone, Dagenham & Redbridge; Friday March 13, This Girl Can BOX, St Anne’s School, Tottenham, Haringey; Tuesday March 17, KO Discrimination, St Andrews Youth Club, Westminster; Thursday March 19, This Girl Can BOX, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, Haringey; Friday March 20, BOX-in-MIND, All Stars Boxing Club, Westminster; Saturday March 21, London, BOX-in-MIND, London Community Boxing Club, Southwark.
On Friday March 13 there will also be an ‘Active women and girls’ event between 11:00-17:00 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (outside the Copper Box Arena).