ROCCIA’s gift to Feeding Chorley Children

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] North-West family retailer ROCCIA donates £10K to Inspire, Chorley Youth Zone to support food access and education for thousands of local children and young people. Located in the heart of Preston, ROCCIA have the largest independent tile, bath & kitchen showroom in the whole of the UK. ROCCIA […]

CG Professional donates to Chorley charity Christmas appeal

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Chorley-based commercial law firm CG Professional has donated £1,000 to Inspire Chorley Youth Zone’s Christmas Appeal to support thousands of local children and young people throughout the festive period. CG Professional, which has its head office in Chorley, has partnered with Inspire on multiple fundraising objectives since the […]

Electricity Northwest Inspired to power up Chorley’s next generation

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Community charity, Inspire Chorley Youth Zone, is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Electricity North West. The firm, which operates the North West’s power network, has teamed up with Chorley youngsters to empower a new ‘Energy Ambassadors Project’ to help generate understanding, energy saving advice and […]

High Five to healthy food choices in Chorley

Chorley Building Society has donated £10K to Inspire Youth Zone Chorley, to empower young people across the region to take control of their diets through basic nutrition and cookery skills. Inspire Youth Zone has been chosen as the main beneficiary for Chorley Building Society’s ‘High Five’ campaign, which commits to donating a minimum of 5% […]

COVID-19 Update June 2021

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Given the recent rise in local coronavirus infection rates, we have decided to reduce our numbers on session and in our building. You can still book your sessions online but these will be for individual activities only. To ensure there are no bubbles mixing please only book 1 […]

Chorley Police to ramp up catalytic converter theft campaign

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Chorley Police is tackling the theft of catalytic converters head on, after a spate of thefts in the area. The most common vehicles to be targeted are the Honda Jazz and Toyota Prius. Often vehicles are targeted in public car parks such as supermarkets or hospitals, where cars […]

Support Inspire by perking yourself up

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Inspire, Chorley Youth Zone are delighted to have been chosen as local business Perk Me Up’s nominated Charity of the Year. The coffee bar, which can be found every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 8am until 4pm on Fazakerley Street in Chorley town centre was established in 2014 […]

Keep on running Phil!

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] A local fundraiser has now completed his target of 100 miles in April, helping support Inspire, Chorley Youth Zone whilst raising important funds. Phil Ryder put his best foot forward and pledged to run throughout the month and said: “After deciding on the challenge, I went to visit […]

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

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