16 February 2026
Media release: Holford Drive Community Sports Hub was awarded a Better Youth Spaces grant to install outdoor gym equipment and improve wellbeing for young people in Perry Barr. The equipment is free to use during site hours and sits beside the grass pitches.
11 February 2026 · 16 December 2024
A former British boxing world champion spent time with young people from the centre, talking about training habits, school and staying with a club when life outside is noisy. Visits like this are part of how the boxing gym stays connected to elite sport without losing its community feel.
14 April 2021
Diane Sawyers and her son, West Bromwich Albion’s Romaine Sawyers, became the first mother and son to win the Football Black List award, recognised for continued work in the game and in the community around the Hub.
