Marcellus Baz

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Marcellus Baz

BEM
Born1975or1976(age 47–48) [1]
The Meadows, Nottingham, England
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Switch Up and Nottingham School of Boxing, Public Speaker
Years active2013–present
Awards British Empire Medal; BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award
Website www.marcellusbaz.co.uk

Marcellus Baz BEM heads charity-based organisations in Nottingham, offering community sports facilities together with outreach to, and mentoring of, young people. In 2016, Baz was named the BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards for his support of young people in Nottingham, UK. He received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to youth boxing and the community in Nottingham. [2]

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Baz has been interviewed about youth violence, [3] knife crime, [4] and UK drug culture. [5] [6] He also completed a TEDxYouth talk in 2018 entitled Your Tribe is Your Vibe. [7]

Early life

Baz was born and raised in The Meadows, Nottingham. As a youth he spent a lot of his time on the streets and soon turned to selling drugs and carrying weapons. [6] He took up boxing at a leisure centre, however hand injuries from a knife attack ended his chance at a boxing career. [6]

Charitable work

Baz registered the Nottingham School of Boxing as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in September 2014. [8] It is the sister organisation of Switch Up, [9] a Community interest company that uses its profits to facilitate sport, mentoring, counselling, education and to deliver outreach services to young people in Nottinghamshire.

In February 2022, [10] Baz established links with Mansfield District Council to take over a former community sports hall as a boxing gym. [11]

Awards and honours

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  6. 1 2 3 "From selling drugs to meeting the Queen – one man's extraordinary story | Article | News". UNISON National. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Your tribe is your vibe". TED. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Nottingham School of Boxing Charity number: 1158631 Charity Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2022
  9. ↑ SWITCH UP C.I.C. Companies House. Retrieved 21 July 2022
  10. ↑ Marcellus Baz to turn Mansfield leisure centre into 'vibrant' community Chad, 23 February 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022
  11. ↑ Mansfield celebrates the opening of new community lifeline Mansfield District Council, 6 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022
  12. ↑ "Sports Personality 2016: Marcellus Baz wins BBC Unsung Hero award". BBC Sport . 18 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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