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Young people’s charity, Inspire Youth Zone, is now able to transport young people in-style to trips, events and sports tournaments in their new minibus which has been generously donated by car dealership, Chorley Group.

As a Founder Patron of Inspire Youth Zone, Chorley Group make a generous contribution to Inspire Youth Zone’s annual running costs in order support thousands of young people to live healthier, happier, more aspirational lives.

The award-winning company which prides itself on a customer-centric approach to business has taken its support a step further with the donation of the mini-bus.

Adam Turner, Sales Director at Chorley Group said “Chorley Group’s ethos is ‘big enough to cope, small enough to care’, and, we are incredibly proud to support young people in our hometown of Chorley. We are delighted to put Inspire Youth Zone on the road and look forward to hearing about the trips Inspire Youth Zone’s members will be enjoying in the future”.

Janine Blythe, Chief Executive at Inspire Youth Zone said “We have been overwhelmed by the support and generosity we have received from Chorley Group. Not only are they one of our valued Founder Patrons, whose support allows us to welcome over 2,700 members, but by donating a minibus to Inspire, we can now take our members on trips to events and sports tournaments – it is going to make a huge difference and we cannot thank Chorley Group enough.”

If you’d like to find out more about supporting this life-changing charity or would like to arrange a tour to see the difference Inspire is making, then please email sara.eltman@inspireyouthzone.org

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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