Porch project

Inspire’s Porch Project team are based in Hadleigh, providing safe spaces for young people aged 11-18 outside of school hours, as well as supporting all aspects of their wellbeing – be it mental, physical, emotional, or social.

Our youth centre on Hadleigh High Street offers spaces where young people can relax, meet up with friends, play games and develop skills, all in a safe environment. Our youth workers also work within local schools, providing support to young people through our listening and mentoring service.

The Inspire Porch Project team are all about helping young people to thrive. We’re here to help them grow, learn, and build the skills they need for the future. f

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Hadleigh timetable - Weekly Friday night drop-ins

Every Friday for School Years 7 – 8 (4 – 5.30pm) and School Years 9-12 (6 – 7.30pm).  Click here to learn more.  Note we reopen for the new year on Friday 16th January 2026.

School partnerships

Supporting young people’s development through group work and individual mentoring in local high schools. Click here to learn more.

Bespoke sessions

Neurodiverse-accessible sessions: A space for neurodivergent young people to enjoy our youth hub, learn new skills, and make friends – starting back very soon!

Detached Youth Work

We work within the community to engage young people to help them to grow personally and socially through conversations about their needs, interests & challenges. Click here to learn more. 

Contact the Porch Project team

Find out more about our work in Hadleigh and throughout Babergh using the details below:

0330 055 0033

PorchProject@inspirecharityuk.org

Contact the team

What does the Porch Project team do each week during term-time?

Mondays

The team are in the office

Tuesdays

Our youth workers work one to one with young people in local high schools during the day.

On Tuesday evenings we run a dedicated session for neurodiverse young people.

Wednesdays

Our youth workers work one to one with young people in local high schools during the day.

Thursdays

We get out and about in the community, engaging with young people through detached and outreach youth work.

Fridays

The youth centre is open for our regular drop-in session from 3pm for all local young people.

The MIX

This is what we’re all about.
Here’s OUR VISION & VALUES:

We see a future in which every young person from any background can thrive and grow to become their best selves. A future in which young people become change makers, with clear confident voices that are heard above the noise, exercising both their rights and responsibilities to build a better world.

Our
‍PROMISES:

• TO SEE YOU.

• TO HEAR YOU.

• TO BELIEVE IN YOU.

• TO WALK WITH YOU.

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Whether you want to give them a call, pay them a visit, or just find out when they are open, you can find it all on this page!

Email the MIX at hello@themixstowmarket.co.uk and they will get back to you, or give them a call on 01449 74513

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Who We Are

A youth work charity based in Stowmarket. We work with young people from across Mid Suffolk and beyond. We are committed to effective partnerships with agencies, charities and businesses to ensure young people can co-create and access the best youth work support available.

We run a multipurpose facility, a wide range of provisions for young people and have a trading arm that employs young people and invests its profit into the charity to enable us to continue to grow our impact.

Future Plans

As we emerge from the global pandemic we are eager for all of our face to face services to return. However, we realise that we need to be responsive to the changing situation and ensure the safety of young people, our staff and our other clients at all times. This means that our future plans are more fluid, and less clear than they would usually be.

The Mix has a growth mindset and aims to positively impact an increasing number of young people from across our region. We seek to listen to them and then co-create and develop the activities, support and services that they identify as important for them. To deliver this support we want to:
1) Grow our expertise in supporting young people into employment
2) Develop our 1-1 coaching programmes
3) Support young people to identify and address the factors negatively impacting their emotional health and wellbeing  
4) Create pathways for them to develop social action projects that positively impact the communities around them.

Youth Leadership

Here are the principals that guide us. 
1. For all our projects and activities we ask the question: How have young people shaped the conception, development, delivery and evaluation of this project?
2. Within each project we regularly ask if there is any young person whose leadership development we are investing in.

Our aim is to equip young people with the skills and tools to grow as leaders. Firstly, so that they can lead their own lives and then beyond that to be leaders in their peer groups, schools and communities. 

Why we're needed

It takes courage to ask for help. But for many young people who do, the support they need just isn’t there. Hundreds of thousands of young people are struggling with their mental health, but too many are being told to wait, struggling to cope and hitting a crisis point before they get help.

But things can get better. And we’re leading the movement for change.

We provide young people with the tools to look after their mental health. We empower adults to be the best support they can be to the young people in their lives. And we give young people the space and confidence to get their voices heard and change the world we live in.

Together, we can create a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.

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We are here for you

From practical advice and helping you find support, to campaigning for change

Whether you want to understand more about how you're feeling, get information about a mental health condition or find support, our guides can help. If you need help speaking to someone, start with our guide to reaching out for help.

Your feelings are valid and things can get better.

Join our movement for change

We’re building a youth-led movement that strives to change the world we live in and put young people’s voices at the centre of that change.   

Join our movement and don’t let young people take it on alone.

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Be part of our work

Young people are already doing so much to change the world for the better. You’re already organising, spreading joy, demanding change and sharing your mental health experiences - we want to make these stories impossible to ignore. And through our work with young people, you continue to teach us every day how to keep pushing for the society we all need.

Find out more below about how you can be part of the movement.