About us
Inspired Ventures is the nexus between lifestyle travel, brand activation and positive social and environmental impact.
Founded January 2014, we have helped raise over £1.8m ($2m) of fundraising for charities and charitable projects around the world through creating and hosting some of the world’s best travel experiences.
Our expertise ranges from 30+ years in impact focused travel, leadership training, community development and worldwide fundraising events, which has produced a creative team that has the ability to drive value from your values.
Our Mission
To connect a network of socially and environmentally driven individuals, who are passionate about making the world a better place, through travel experiences with a purpose and the opportunity for brands and charities to share in their stories.
Our Vision
To empower anyone to be able to host their own lifestyle travel experiences built around their personal or corporate values.
To create unique stories and outstanding content, unlocking collective exposure and value for influencers, brands and charities, whilst making a positive impact on the planet.
We are dedicated to connecting all our clients with social & environmental causes, our ultimate goal being to match their personal passions and aspirations with meaningful charitable giving.
Our Values
Awareness
We unlock the potential for our clients to extend their reach and gain greater exposure as brands, charities or influencers through the creation of unique travel campaigns.
Collaboration
We combine travel, brand activation and positive social and environmental impact. Unlocking opportunities for content creators to work cohesively to benefit themselves and those around them.
Positive impact
We enable grassroots charities around the world to benefit from brand and influencer campaigns and have raised $2m+ and huge exposure for hundreds of charities around the world… all through our clients have the experience of a lifetime!
Inspiration
Through content creation and story telling, we endeavour to inspire more people to create meaningful travel experiences and raise awareness of the positive impact they can have around the globe.
Our Team
Matt Fenton
CEO
Matt has helped build several successful social enterprises and travel companies. He believes that travel can be a key driver of social and environmental change, and specialises in helping people step out of their comfort zone. He has led several large travel businesses specialising in events, ski, volunteer travel, experience travel, and sports tours. He has jumped off of the Semuc Champey waterfalls. Twice.
Kieran Gregory
Head of Partnerships
Kieran has a background in Sales and Marketing, working in the eco-tourism sector. When he isn’t out and about walking with his border collie, Reggie, he is often found building brilliant connections with non-profits, inspirational brands and content creators who want to make a difference with their communities!
Lucy Lyne
Head of Operations
Having had a passion for travel from her first round the world adventure in 2002, Lucy has worked in a variety of sectors and roles within the travel industry since 2005. After working, living, and travelling in over 40 countries across 6 out of the 7 continents (Antarctica is on the list!), she’s now enjoying being settled back in the UK…for now!
Angharad May
Head of Customer Relations
Angharad is an integral part of our administrative and customer support team. She ensures that our customers are fully prepared to embark on their amazing adventures by providing them with all the necessary pre-departure information and support they might require. Working closely with the trip designers, she gathers all pertinent details to ensure the smooth running of each trip. With a passion for travel, she has dedicated time to working and volunteering around the world. In addition to her role at Inspired, she also works as an Early Years Teacher in a Forest School.
Harry Gunn
Trip Designer
Harry’s passion for travel and challenge has led him on many adventures around the world. He cycled solo from Paris to Milan over the Alps, has a healthy ultramarathon addiction and has recently taken up salsa dancing. Harry’s love of challenge extends to helping others to reach their goals, through organising charity challenges, to managing grassroots community projects in Indonesia. Harry brings bucket loads of energy into the heart of the Inspired vision.
Ali Paulus
Trip Designer
Based in South Africa, Ali has a background in wildlife conservation, operations and volunteering. She was lucky enough to meet and then work alongside wildlife film maker Kim Wolhuter in Etosha, Namibia and Mala Mala South Africa and worked at Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) under the direction of world renowned wildlife rehabilitator, Karen Trendler.
Keith Perry
Director
Keith joined the board of Inspired Ventures to add vision, wisdom and creativity to our branding and offers. With over 30 years experience in the design business, he has worked on such prestigious clients as BT, Ford, Heathrow Airport, Green Flag, SAP, AstraZeneca, Marks & Spencer, Microsoft and Lloyd’s of London. He founded No-Nonsense Design to offer pragmatic, fit-for-purpose design solutions whilst still maintaining a strong element of creative flair.
