Brendan Ingle MBE

Brendan was the first Patron of SAFE@LAST and has been a loyal and dedicated supporter of our work since 2003. He has been training boxers out of the St Thomas' Gym, Winkobank since the '60s and he was awarded an MBE in 1998 for his services and contributions to British boxing and work with young people in the Sheffield area.

Brendan was asked by the Vicar in Wincobank, where his gym is sittuated to this day, to carry out some community work as some of the youth in the area were "running wild". Brendan knew nothing but boxing, but began organising a weekly dance. 'We used to have a dance on the Sunday - but afterwards people would turn out on the street and start fighting. So, after 11 o'clock we'd lock the doors and I'd fetch the gloves out' ...........and so began the training career and a long legacy of community work.

Our project workers are welcome to take young people who show an interest in boxing to visit Brendan's gym, where he and the boxers in training are always pleased to see them.