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  The Pedro Club was established in 1929 by Baroness Harwood and was revived in the 1960’s with the support of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who is still one of the clubs patrons up until her death in March 2011. Today the Pedro Club remains as one of the oldest functioning youth clubs within London.

In 2006 Ben Way left his millionaire lifestyle to take part in the launch of Channel 4’s ‘The Secret Millionaire’ programme. Ben travelled to Hackney, one of the most deprived areas of London – notorious for gun culture and violent crimes for 10 days. Ben went undercover as a volunteer youth worker at the Pedro

  James Cook a local resident, a former British Super-Middleweight Champion, was alerted to the plight of the Pedro Club and set about organising a rescue programme, he formed a new management committee, and due to their arduous efforts the club reopened in 2003. In June 2007 James Cook was awarded an MBE within the

Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha talk to dancers during a visit to The Pedro Youth Club in Hackney, London, Friday April 2nd, 2010. Photo By Andrew Parsons

The Pedro Club Boxing Show in the summer of 2014 was a perfect way to show how far the club has come and the day was a total success! A ring was set up in their outdoor space and throughout the afternoon young people of different ages took part in fights against participants from other