TWO young men who were on a ‘bad path’ following the Covid-19 outbreak have revealed how a community boxing club has helped them turn their lives around. Declan Reilly, 20 and Connor Gough, 17, are both employed at Bluevale Community Club through Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Glasgow City Council’s Step-Up scheme. The two young men were offered the opportunities after they started volunteering with the club and slowly improved their skills and confidence.
L: Connor Gough and R: Declan Reilly. Pics: Colin Mearns Declan was made redundant from his job in retail last year after Covid-19 decimated the sector. He also suffered two family bereavements last year and said he had ‘lost interest’ in boxing. He said: “I got made redundant through Covid and it put me in a kind of bad way. I was earning no money or anything and my uncle died.