20 August 2026
The #iWill Movement believes young people belong at the centre of the decisions that shape their lives, their communities and their futures – which is exactly why we’re thrilled to welcome Ipswich Town Football Club as the newest name on the Power of Youth Charter.
This is a milestone for English football too, building on the work of the many club foundations already championing the Charter – Ipswich Town is the first club itself to add its name.
The club joins a UK-wide movement of organisations committed to giving young people real influence; chances to shape services, build skills and change the communities around them, not just take part in them. For Ipswich Town, this work is already in motion.
A new youth voice group is taking shape, bringing together young people from across the Ipswich Town Foundation’s programmes to help steer how they’re designed and where they go next. Running alongside it, a Fans of the Future panel will give younger supporters a genuine voice – one that plugs directly into the club’s wider Fan Advisory Board.
To mark the moment, Ipswich Town staff and #iWill Movement representatives gathered at Portman Road with young people from the Foundation’s holiday activities to celebrate the signing and look ahead to what it unlocks. It was a reminder of why spaces like this matter: young people get to be seen, heard and genuinely involved in decisions that affect them.
Ipswich, the UK’s first Town of Social Action, feels like exactly the right place for this to be happening. The town is already home to more than 50 organisations signed up to the Power of Youth Charter – a genuinely vibrant local network pushing youth voice forward together. Fittingly, it’s also where the first football club in the country has chosen to make this commitment.
Nationally, the movement is over 500 organisations strong, from charities and schools to major institutions and businesses, all working to a shared idea: young people aren’t just beneficiaries of what we build – they’re partners in building it.
We’re delighted to welcome Ipswich Town Footbal Club into that story as the first football club to make this commitment, and we can’t wait to watch the youth voice group and Fans of the Future panel take shape, and to keep working together so young people stay firmly in the driving seat of Ipswich’s future.
Interested in joining the movement? Read more about the Power of Youth Charter and make your commitment below!
