Martec Training & Apprenticeships has launched a bold, outcomes-focused pilot initiative — Inspire to Aspire — with entrepreneur Mo Chaudry, aimed at rebooting ambition and confidence among young people at a time of widening opportunity gaps across the UK.
The programme is more than a workshop: it’s a mindset transformation journey that equips learners with resilience, self-belief and strategic thinking skills normally only gained through years in the workplace or business.
It also sits at the core of a broader mission led by Chaudry and his MOmentum Capital project — to create ecosystems where young people aren’t just trained, but empowered to compete, innovate and lead.
Aspire to Inspire is a targeted and impactful programme designed to increase and strengthen learner resilience and encourage higher aspirations beyond education. By equipping young people with the confidence and mindset required to succeed, the initiative plays an important role in supporting the development of a skilled, future-ready workforce.
The selected learners from Martec represent a cohort of high achievers who required additional guidance to build self-belief as they prepare to transition into the workplace and wider professional environments.
Through Mo’s experience and insight as an entrepreneur, participants have been supported to recognise and harness their own capabilities. The programme encourages learners to reflect on and overcome personal challenges, using these experiences as motivation to pursue their chosen career pathways with confidence. By challenging self-perceptions and raising expectations, Aspire to Inspire empowers learners to realise their full potential and become the most capable version of themselves.
The first cohort of six learners have already experienced measurable transformation.
Sarah Edwards, winner of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Young Hero Award 2026, said:
“Since beginning the sessions I have felt more confident overall, I am now putting myself forward for things I never would have before. Mo’s advice has been very uplifting, and I will most certainly use it to build my future.”
Owen Banks described how a mindset shift changed his day-to-day approach to learning:
“Asking questions used to scare me. Now I see it as the fastest way to grow.”
Tracey Holland, Director at Martec Training, said:
“Inspire to Aspire isn’t just about confidence — it’s about unlocking potential that too many systems overlook. The transformation we’ve seen inspires our educators and learners alike.”
For Mo Chaudry, this work is deeply personal.
After building and exiting multiple businesses — overcoming setbacks including his father’s business collapse — he believes belief and ambition are the true currency of success.
“Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not. Inspire to Aspire is about planting the ambition seed early — before fear becomes permanent. MOmentum Capital exists to back that ambition with capital and pathways.”
Inspire to Aspire isn’t just about confidence it is part of a bigger movement to:
• Improve and inspire self-belief
• Reframe how young people view risk and success
• Build practical, future-ready skills
• Support enterprise and local economic growth
This isn’t about programmes alone — it’s about reshaping mindsets and inspiring learners to reach their potential.
