A group of young people in Chorley have come together in an attempt to combat litter in the UK by organising their own litter-picking task force. The youngsters who met at Inspire Youth Zone worked with staff to arrange the litter-pick, contacting Chorley Council who provided bin liners and litter pick-up tools for the group….
INSPIRE, Chorley Youth Zone has found a sponsor for their sports kits in the form of local car dealership, Chorley Group. The automotive retailer is already heavily involved with Inspire after they signed up as Founder Patrons of the charity before their opening in May 2018, however the local business was inspired to do even…
STUDENTS and staff from the University of Manchester hosted a wild event to raise funds for a youth charity that gives the young people of Chorley something to do, somewhere to go and someone to talk to. Chorley-born zoologist, Andrew Gray – who also doubles as a teacher at the University of Manchester and Curator…
FOUR Junior members of Inspire Youth Zone entered their small team into the Chorley Hack competition earlier this month, hosted by Chorley Council, winning their group and each taking home a prized tech bundle. Chorley Hack is a free coding competition for 9-13 year olds in Chorley which saw 14 local schools and Inspire Youth…
For March’s installation of Young Voice, we sat down with Jason Bryers – a Junior Member who at just 12 years old is a whizz on the computer and will be representing Inspire Youth Zone at Chorley Council’s Coding Competition this month. Fresh off designing and coding his own game on the laptop at Inspire,…
One of the UK’s youngest companies bags top prize at Manchester Trade Fair. A group of Chorley’s brightest young people entered their small team into the Young Enterprise programme in October 2018 and finally launched their first product earlier this month. Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading enterprise and financial education charity reaching over 250,000…
One of Chorley’s newest charitable organisations, Inspire Youth Zone, has racked up an astonishing 10,000 hours of donated time from local volunteers dedicated to changing the lives of young people in Chorley. Over 140 volunteers have contributed to reaching this staggering landmark in under a year of opening, giving their time to the Youth Zone’s…
Inspire, Chorley Youth Zone, has been working hard with a group of young people since summer 2018 to establish their very own Morris Dancing troupe. Dubbed the ‘Inspire Morris Dancers’, the group collected their very own uniforms earlier this week and hope to put them to good use throughout 2019. Morris Dancing originated in the…
After a whirlwind first calendar year, Inspire now has over 5,000 registered members at the Youth Zone, meaning that 1 in every 3 young people in Chorley are now members. In May 2018, Inspire hosted over 2,000 people at their opening day event which was widely anticipated for months leading up to the Youth Zone…