On Saturday 7th June, Barnsley boxer Callum Simpson will step into the ring at Oakwell Stadium for the biggest and toughest night of his career.
But trying to defeat the unbeaten Italian, Ivan Zucco, for the European Super Middleweight title isn’t his only fight this summer.
Callum will also be fighting against hunger as an official ambassador for the Barnsley Foodbank Partnership.
“Barnsley’s backed me since day one, and now it’s my turn to give something back. Every tin. Every pound. It all makes a difference. No one in Barnsley should go hungry. Let’s fight for the title. Let’s fight for our people. Let’s fight hunger – together,” says Callum.
The 28-year-old British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion from Barnsley will be running a campaign to support people in his hometown who may need a helping hand to put food on the table for their families.
In the run up to the fight at Oakwell, Callum is encouraging people across the borough to support their local foodbank by donating food staples or money.
Their most needed items are tinned meat and fish, rice and packet noodles, tinned fruit or veg, gravy granules, dilute, and long-life UHT milk. There are various drop-off points across the borough including Tesco stores in Darfield, Hoyland, Penistone and Stairfoot.
Callum’s role as an official ambassador comes at a time of change within the charity, with the appointment of new fundraising officer, Andy Gaskell, and two new trustees, local businessman Phil Atkinson, and Father Darren Percival, priest of Monk Bretton parish.
Find out more about Barnsley Foodbank online at barnsley.foodbank.org.uk. Or you can donate to Callum’s campaign at here.
