A SEA OF GREEN

There was literally nowhere you could look on Sunday without luminous green running towards you!

YOU raised £6336.50!

A massive thank you to everyone who ran, donated and cheered on the day. You made it something special.

And what was incredibly special this year was for the first time ever, we didn’t just swarm the 10k, our members took to the course to represent team Inspire in the 2k too!

We had one member who after being unable to attend the race on the day due to an injury, came into session last night and ran it on our treadmill! What an effort!

Top performances from the Inspire team
Fastest male: 45:44 – Rick Warren from Fulfilment Crowd
Fastest female: 49:24 – Claire Wilkinson from McDonald Wilkinson Tonge

Shout out to:
ABS – top fundraising company with £1295 raised

Amanda Howarth – highest individual fundraiser at £1390

Our young members who raised over £600!

An extra special shoutout to one of our members, Vonte, who individually raised £260.

Thanks also to Eat My Logo for keeping everyone going with hundreds of post-race biscuits!

It was incredible to be recognised by not only so many of our supporters, but the young people of our community too for the work we do as a charity.

Thank you for your support and commitment.

Every last donation counts, so if you can donate, please head here 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/inspirechorley10k2025

Feeling ready for your next challenge? Find events, get support, and help us keep changing lives by heading here 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/charity/chorleyyouthzone

MATTHEW HIRST

Matt Hirst is the CEO of leading energy technology provider ESG with over 700 staff and operations in the USA, Canada and the UK. ESG’s UK headquarters are based in Chorley, Lancashire.

 

ESG empowers global leaders in energy to deliver on the future promise of energy through its SAAS solutions for Customer and Market Data Management and Smart Metering. Matt has a background in Sales and Marketing and led a MBO of UK company Utiligroup in 2014 before it was acquired by ESG in 2017 and has been with the business for 24 years. Matt won an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2016 as well as being a judge in 2018 and in 2017 his team was awarded the UK Regional and National Mid Market Management Team of the Year awards by the BVCA. Matt holds a BSc (Hons) degree from The University of Salford and a MBA from Lancaster University.

Ryan powell

head of operations

Hi, I’m Ryan and I’m the Head of Operations at Inspire Youth Zone.

Email: ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org

Inspire Youth Zone