Spark Inside: Youth Strategic Investment Fund Partnership Summary 2019–24
Published: 14 November 2024
Spark Inside is an award-winning charity that has transformed the lives of over 1,500 people living and working in UK prisons. For more than a decade its has pioneered coaching in prisons, showing the value of coaching to change lives and systems. Spark Inside is the only charity taking professional coaching to young people in prison.
In this report, we look at the history of Spark Inside, their work today, and why we felt they made a good fit for our long-term investment through the Youth Strategic Investment Fund. We also reflect on their work to make a positive difference in the lives of young people in prisons and their securing of a robust evidence base for promoting a coaching culture in prisons.