Members at the east London community gym are petitioning the council to retract an eviction notice.
Charlotte Macaulay, who was paralysed for months after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in 2022, said joining the gym had "really helped" with her recovery
Club members marched from the gym down to Brick Lane on Sunday afternoon to collect signatures for a petition asking the council to retract the Section 25 notice. It means the gym will need to leave the premises on Bethnal Green Road - where it has been in since 1948 - by 31 January. She said joining the gym last year had "really helped" with her recovery and she could now lift 150kg.
British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad, who trains at the club and won a silver medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games, said the club was "not just a gym, it's a community".Ali Jawad said the club had "produced hundreds of champions over the years"
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