With Liverpool experiencing a significant “decrease of funding in the city, that means there’s a lot less youth club sports centers, recreational centers and opportunities for children, which probably leads to them getting up to no good,” McCann explained. “Which obviously puts more pressure on parents. And some parents don’t have the resources to put the children into things.
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“I was saved by sports as a kid. I think it’s well documented in my history and what I’ve been through and what my mum always tried to do. If my mum couldn’t afford it, we was lucky enough that people would give my mum money or give me money to go and do (organized sports) because we just had a good group of people around us. Look at how I’ve turned out because I was given structure, discipline and an opportunity to be great at something.”
The next three weeks of the program prepare participants with the qualifications and tools necessary to succeed in full-time employment, with the final week of the program focusing on interview prep for job placement that follows the conclusion of the program, organized entirely through Weapons Down Gloves Up.
