About Us
LUSU Inspired CIC has a social purpose; we exist to create social benefit, working with children and adults with disabilities, their families, and communities in Stockport and across Greater Manchester.
Everyone deserves to belong, to take part, and to thrive. Yet too often, people with disabilities are left out of community life — not by intention, but by design.
Who We Are
LUSU Inspired CIC is committed to uplifting and empowering communities by providing resources, training, equipment and support tailored for organisations and individuals to support people with disabilities and long term health conditions to be active and move more. Our mission is to create opportunities for disabled individuals to live active, healthy lives, and to inspire those who support them to strive for inclusivity.
Our Story
LUSU Inspired CIC
LUSU Inspired CIC was born out of a desire to take the best out of LUSU Sports plc and make a difference on a local level, doing socially good work to increase opportunities for people with a disability to be active.
Gemma and Steve had already been working in Stockport, with organisations, systems and partners as part of a 'test and learn' pilot project to increase levels of activity in children, ages 5 to 18 years old with SEND. After developing a partnership with LUSU Sports and developing products together for the Stockport project, it was this that encouraged Gemma and Steve to form a CIC company as a branch from LUSU Sports to focus on Stockport and Greater Manchester.
We know it takes time to walk in an organisations shoes and to engage communities to undertake sports or physical activity with a provider, when it works, it really works and the evidence and impact on people and families is what makes it worth it as people's wellbeing and connections grow and the enjoyment of trying out things and belonging.
We want to make a difference through our CIC here in Stockport and Greater Manchester and provide the right environment and conditions for change, learning, empathy, understanding and that increasing the participation and engagement with people who have a disability benefits everybody in society.
Our team
Our team consists of highly qualified and motivated professionals, who are all experts in their field. With many years of experience in the industry, they have the expertise to provide comprehensive, first-rate services to our clients.
Gemma Lynch
Director
Gemma has over 20 years of experince of organisaing and devloping inclusive activities and events for disabled people and training and developing workforces to be inclusive in their practice. Gemma was a founder of LUSU Inspired CIC in July 2025.
Stephen Pearson
Director
Stephen is an experienced community engagement / development practitioner.
Stephen partners with people and communities to transform services, meet real needs, amplify voice and co-design services together to make a lasting difference.
Stephen is delighted to be a co-founder and director of LUSU Inspired CIC and believes we can benefit the local area and create lasting, impactful change for goo
Louise Assioun
Director
Louise is an experienced tennis coach and educator with over 25 years in sport. A former Physical Education teacher and LTA Level 4 Coach, she has led both a High-Performance Centre and a Coach Education Centre.
Susan Morrison
Director
Sue Morrison has spent over four decades at the heart of sport, education, and inclusion. As an LTA Qualified Coach, multi-activity specialist, and experienced SEND practitioner, her journey has been shaped by one clear purpose—to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability, could enjoy being active.
LUSU Inspired CIC
Our objectives for 2026
LUSU Inspired CIC aim to work within the following objectives for 2026
Active Schools
Embedding a whole school culture of inclusive activity from school to home. We do this by training staff within schools, students as inclusive sports activators and parent/carers to extend activity back into the home and everyday social norms.
Active Care Tennis project
Training workforces in care homes to deliver inclusive tennis activities. We are funded through the Lawn Tennis Foundation to deliver pilot projects in Care Homes in Stockport, Manchester, Cheshire and Yorkshire to deliver tennisactivities promoting movement and activity relating to standing, seated and moving related activities.
Active HAF providers
Working in partnership to deliver training, regarding onboarding C&YP with SEND and understanding behaviour. This will involve delivering training and working alongside providers to embed learning and develop tools required to ensure positive experiences with customers who want to book onto an activity and identify they have a disability / support need.