A Summer for the Community

A Summer for the Community No day has been the same this Summer at Inspire (except the wet weather!)! As a children’s charity, we are here to provide a safe space for young people when schools are closed… and that’s exactly what we did. We opened our doors every single day for our free holiday […]

Clash at the Centre 2

Empowering Young People Through Wrestling with the Lancashire Wrestling Federation! We can’t believe we SOLD OUT for our CLASH AT THE CENTRE 2 with LWF wrestling last Friday night – 250 free tickets gone and we are so thankful for welcoming every single one of you for an action-packed evening! Doors opened at 5:45pm followed […]

ESG Empowering Young Minds

ESG, EMPOWERING YOUNG MINDS With a shared dedication of empowering young people and driving positive change, we are delighted to welcome ESG on board as Platinum Patrons. Having been ad hoc supporters of Inspire since we opened five years ago, we are honoured that they have chosen to become ‘official’ partners, solidifying their commitment to […]

Providing vital support from before we even opened our doors!

Providing vital support from before we even opened our doors! As a children’s charity, we are only able to do what we do thanks to the incredible support we receive from the local community. Yes, we charge young people 50p per session to attend (if they can afford it!), but in actual fact for every […]

Rowland

ROWLAND HOMES, BUILDING THE FUTURE. On 7th July, we were delighted to officially welcome Rowland Homes to Inspire’s family of Patrons. Committing to a total donation of £75,000 over the next 3 years, this support is vital to ensuring we can continue to transform the lives of young people.  Stephen Grant, Sales & Marketing Director […]

Inspire’s Golf Day

INSPIRE’S GOLF DAY On Friday 30th June, we held our first fundraising event post covid raising an incredible £13,000… the best by PAR some might say! Kindly sponsored by CG, Chorley Group and Turner Westwell, this fundraiser was our first of many. Fundraising events are a vital way to raise much needed income for us […]

Great Grandad Tony’s Tremendous Trek

Great Grandad Tony’s Tremendous Trek 89-year-old great grandad, Tony Newton, has just completed an epic 365-mile journey on his bike from his hometown in Chorley to Inverness in Scotland, raising funds for Inspire! As an independent children’s charity that provides young people aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 with additional needs) with a purpose-built […]

What an egg-citing week!

What an egg’citing week! The Easter Holidays are back and that means only one thing… so is our Easter Holiday Club!  As the HaF coordinator for the entirety of Chorley, we have ensured that hundreds of children have had access to multiple fun, safe environments with a range of activities AND hot nutritious meals – […]

Food Glorious Food

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD More than 1 in 4 young people in the UK now live in poverty and the cost of-living crisis is pushing that number higher and higher. That can mean them having a cold home, going hungry and going without essentials. For many families it’s no longer a choice between heating and eating, […]

Inspire Eats

INSPIRE EATS With many families struggling with the rising living costs and having to choose between heating and eating – Inspire Youth Zone has developed a social action campaign in partnership with Cadent Gas. Our young people to help build awareness across the UK of the cost-saving and health benefits of slow cooking.  Each month […]

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