Supporting young people across Suffolk, together.
At Inspire, we’re proud to work with organisations and funders who share our commitment to helping young people feel connected, confident and able to realise their potential. One of those is the Garfield Weston Foundation, whose generous support is helping us make a lasting difference to young people across Suffolk.
Supporting Inspire and young people in Suffolk
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a UK grant-making charity supporting organisations that make a positive difference in their communities.
Our relationship with the Foundation goes back to 2022, when their support helped us deliver our Wellbeing Service, providing young people with a safe, confidential space to talk about their experiences and work through the challenges affecting their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The importance of this service continues to grow. In 2025 alone, our Wellbeing Service provided counselling to 263 young people, delivering 1,734 hours of support. For many, having someone to listen, understand and help them develop ways to manage difficult feelings can make a lasting difference to their confidence, relationships and everyday lives.
In 2026, the Foundation made a further commitment to Inspire, awarding three years of core funding towards our work with disadvantaged children and young people across Suffolk.
This funding helps sustain the people, facilities and services that make our work possible. From our youth centres in Ipswich, Lowestoft and Hadleigh, we provide safe spaces, early intervention support and opportunities for young people aged 5–25.
Unlike funding for a single project, core funding helps us maintain the infrastructure behind our work, ensuring that experienced staff and vital services remain available as young people’s needs change.
Making a difference for young people
Every young person who comes to Inspire has their own experiences, challenges and ambitions.
Some join us through youth clubs or school-based mentoring, while others access counselling, employability coaching or personal development programmes. Many return to us at different stages of their lives, knowing there are people they trust who can help them take their next steps.
With the support of funders like the Garfield Weston Foundation, we can continue providing this joined-up support across our communities.
Our 2025 outcomes show the difference this work makes:
263 young people received counselling through our Wellbeing Service.
186 young people progressed into employment, education or training through our employability provision.
But behind every number is a young person with their own story to tell.
“Inspire gave me the confidence to go out and get what I wanted. Before, I’d always lacked confidence.”
Thank you to the Garfield Weston Foundation
We’re extremely grateful to the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Weston Family for their continued belief in our work.
Their three-year commitment provides valuable stability, helping us maintain the youth centres, experienced staff and services that young people across Suffolk rely upon.
Most importantly, it means we can continue being there for young people, whether they need support today, next month or at another important point in their lives.
