BLAINE Haney, who lives just around the corner from Salford Lads and Girls Club, has a stark message for the property developers doing very nicely out of high rise towers which are appearing on plots in the city near to Manchester: "Please save the club. It is a crucial part of this part of the Salford community. If this goes I think a gang culture will be on the rise because we keep many kids off the streets and out of trouble."
He is someone who knows the value of the institution. But it needs to raise £250,000 by the end of November or it will close.
Blaine has conquered difficulties in his short life and climbed a Welsh mountain - thanks to the club. With the venue's support he is forging a career for himself and has not allowed a disability to stop him.
Blaine admits he was never great at sports. But 'because I knew the people to ask' he was snook into boxing classes aged eight at the club. It was the start of lessons for life which have clearly rubbed off on him.
Now aged 19, he is an impressive ambassador for the club and proof of how it can mould young lives for the better.
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