The charity launched in 2006, providing social action opportunities for 14- to 25-year-olds. A spokeswoman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the government department responsible for youth policy and charities, has confirmed to CYP Now that the charity is "entering a period of insolvency".
According to Charity Commission records, vInspired has 63 members of staff, 52 volunteers and eight trustees. Its chair of trustees is Joanna Killian, who was appointed chief executive of Surrey County Council in March.
The charity is a regional provider of the National Citizen Service initiative in the North East of England, in partnership with the National Youth Agency. It is the second regional NCS provider to go out of business in recent years, following the liquidation of Engage4Life.
vInspired's chief executive Jessica Taplin said that a subsidiary company through which the charity's NCS provision is run, called vInspired Education, will continue to operate.
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