A 21-year-old is helping the elderly stay fit - by giving them boxing lessons.<br /><br />Bailey-Greetham Clark started his company 'Be Great Fitness' in 2020 when he was just 17.<br /><br />It all started when he was asked to speak at 'Flourish', a day center for adults with educational needs.<br /><br />After this experience, Bailey realised that people from vulnerable groups do not have the same access to sport and fitness as others.<br /><br />So Bailey set up his own wellbeing company to make sport and fitness accessible to schools, hospitals, community centers and care homes.<br /><br />Bailey, from Lincolnshire, Grimsby, said: "I realised that these groups needed the help pretty quickly.<br /><br />"Coming out of the pandemic, care homes were the last to come out of full lockdown.<br /><br />"We thought it was essential to bring fitness into them especially, just to spread some joy and cheer.<br /><br />"Sport and exercise cheer people up, we make jokes and have a laugh with everyone, and we make their day better."<br /><br />Bailey takes his fitness classes to 20-30 different care homes, and runs one hour sessions with the residents.<br /><br />These range from simple boxing drills to hand eye coordination games- everything to improve the residents fitness and mental health.<br /><br />Since posting videos on social media of these sessions, the interest in the business has never been stronger.<br /><br />With videos ranging from 1,000 to 700,000 views, it has lead to lots of interest, and Bailey has never been busier.<br /><br />He said: "We started by putting ourselves forward to care homes, but now we get tons of enquiries, my calendar is insane at the moment!<br /><br />"We’re trying to get more people added to our team and roll sessions out nationally, and we're working with partners at the minute to build on that.<br /><br />"I just want to ensure that the people have my passion and enthusiasm- that's the next challenge, but it's a great one to have!"<br /><br />Bailey struggled with a challenging upbringing, and was taken in by his grandparents - kickstarting his passion for helping the elderly<br /><br />When he was 14, he was forced to take a year out of school, which lead to him struggling with his weight.<br /><br />But when he discovered boxing and running as a way to keep fit- his whole outlook changed.<br /><br />He returned to s=chool, achieved his GCSE's and started working at his local boxing club- setting him on the pathway to where he is today.<br /><br />Bailey said: "Seeing first hand the genuine impact we make is insane.<br /><br />"We can go into homes and show our ability to bring spirits up of not only residents, but the staff too.<br /><br />"One of the care homes recorded a video saying how much they enjoyed the session, and one woman said how much she loves my legs! <br /><br />"That genuine impact on people you don’t always get in other industries, and we can really see the benefit.<br /><br />"It's beautiful and it keeps me going, it sounds corny but it genuinely does!"
