Grassroots Sports

The charity has been set up to give youngsters a final chance at making something of themselves.

So why boxing? Is it a good thing to be teaching children who are on the verge of being excluded from school extra fighting skills?

Ashley Cawdron would argue that there is a benefit. He was bullied so badly at school that he refused to return and was eventually taught at home.

The difference boxing makes is to give the children the self-confidence and self-esteem that has been missing from their schooling. Ricky Wilson is another example, his school tried kicking him out but he came to Positive Futures instead and is now back in college and gaining qualifications.

And what does the future hold? The gym is naturally proud of it's star pupil - World Cadet Champion Anthony Ogogo, who started at the gym as a 13-year-old, impressed by his friend's ability to see off bullies in the school playground, and he is now seen as a hope for gold at the 2012 Olympics.

So the other pupils at the Triple A gym, possibly excluded from education and given up on, have someone to look up to, a World Champion in their midst, to ensure that they do indeed have a positive future.