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, he took up boxing at a leisure centre, however injuries from an attack ended his chance at a boxing career



Baz is the founder and CEO of Nottingham School of Boxing and Switch Up. 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. The same year he also received the British Empire Medal for services to youth boxing and the community.



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



Switch up will be developing the River Manu Centre in Ravensdale Mansfield into a community hub



Article Here: https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/marcellus-baz-to-turn-mansfield-leisure-centre-into-vibrant-community-hub-3580335

Malcolm Hall is the owner of Mansfield based Hall-Fast Industrial Supplies who over the years have had a strong desire to put something back into the community

He gives his time freely to explain his story to businesses and school groups in the hope of inspiring others and in March 2017 he was appointed as an Export Champion in an ambassadorial role by the cabinet office to promote exporting to other SME’s and in the Queens New Year’s honours 2016, he was awarded an MBE in recognition of his services to business.


On the 14th October 2022 he will be climbing to Everest Base Camp to raise money and awareness for the Frank Bruno Foundation and also for the Switch Up Mansfield Community Hub

Staton Mortgage and Protection Specialists are Mansfield's highest rated mortgage advisor.

Managing Director Mike Staton will be coming to share his insights on the future of interest rates and inflation and provide some good advice on how you can protect your investment for the future.