Every young person deserves the chance to become their best selves. But for too many, opportunity comes with barriers: cost, circumstance, confidence or simply not having the right support around them or a place they feel they belong.
At Inspire, we work every day to change that.
We give local young people somewhere fun and safe to go, people they can trust and opportunities that help them grow in confidence, build skills and believe in their future.
From sports and creative arts to employability support, mentoring, wellbeing and hot meals, Inspire is a place where young people can belong.
They pay just £5 for annual membership and 50p per visit, or nothing at all if cost would get in the way. Because no young person should miss out on support or opportunity.
But the real cost of making that happen is far greater.
That’s why we need our community.
Your monthly gift helps keep Inspire open, accessible and full of life for the young people who need it most.
Choose your monthly gift:
£5 a month: Open the door – every month you could be funding a different young person’s annual membership.
£12.50 a month: Keep opportunity going – could help fund regular visits where confidence grows.
£25 a month: Power life-changing support – this is the real cost to Inspire every time a young person walks into our building.
Or whatever works for you.
Why monthly giving matters?
A regular monthly gift helps us plan ahead, stay open and respond quickly when young people need us most. It means we can be there consistently, not just once, but again and again in whatever way necessary.
Because real change rarely happens in a single moment. It happens through trust, encouragement and showing up.
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.
Hi, I’m Ryan and I’m the Head of Operations at Inspire Youth Zone.
Email: ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org