{"id":23043,"date":"2021-04-22T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmaba.org.uk\/clubs\/?page_id=23043"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:40:24","slug":"bmaba-charitable-giving-helping-hands-scheme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bmaba.org.uk\/clubs\/association\/bmaba-charitable-giving-helping-hands-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"BMABA CIC Charitable Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n A National Governing Body With A <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n \n Social Mission <\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>At Its Core<\/span> <\/h1>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

BMABA is a social enterprise first and foremost. Everything we do supports clubs, empowers communities, and tackles real-world challenges through sport.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

In 2025, our founder voluntarily converted BMABA into a regulated Community Interest Company (CIC), surrendering nearly \u00a32 million in private value to lock in our status as a genuine social enterprise. Every penny we generate is reinvested into grassroots sport and national impact.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt BMABA CIC, social impact isn’t a bolt-on. It’s built into our DNA. We’re a Community Interest Company, not a registered charity, which means our impact is funded by our own trading income rather than by donations, and protected by a legal asset lock.

We use martial arts as a tool for real-world change. From trauma-informed coaching and gold-standard safeguarding to digital tools that help clubs grow and thrive, our core operations are designed to raise standards and widen access across every community in the UK. But our mission extends far beyond everyday governance. We actively lead a range of dedicated social programmes that put martial arts at the heart of solving some of the UK’s most pressing challenges.

Through Ditch The Blade<\/em>, we work to prevent knife crime and serious youth violence by creating safe spaces, providing mentoring, and equipping young people with tools to make safer choices. Our Punch Like A Girl<\/em> initiative empowers women and girls with confidence, self-belief, and personal safety through structured martial arts engagement. With MANtra<\/em>, we support men’s and boys’ mental health through trauma-aware sport, helping them connect, heal, and grow. Our REBOOT<\/em> programme offers veterans affected by trauma a route back to purpose and identity through structured martial arts pathways. The Inclusive Martial Arts<\/em> campaign works to ensure disability, identity, or background is never a barrier to participation. And through the Fighting Chance Scholarship<\/em>, we offer fully funded access to martial arts training, equipment and support for young people facing poverty or adversity.

This is what it means to be a governing body with purpose. Every initiative is powered not by external fundraising, but by our own infrastructure. When profit takes a back seat to impact, real change becomes possible.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tSocial Impact<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t

Our Systemic Work<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t