Primary Schools

Making it possible for children to explore the world of work with fun, inspiring role models.

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

Enable students to meet people in diverse jobs, feed their motivation, and see how school subjects connect to careers.

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Volunteers

Your story is unique and your experience is invaluable. Share your story and see the immediate impact on children. It's just wonderful.

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Employers

You can make a huge difference to students' future careers - and at scale - there are lots of ways to get involved.

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What we do


See what Inspiring the Future is all about in this short video.

Inspiring aviation

We’re sparking curiosity about aviation through hands-on events and immersive activities, linking young people with industry professionals to explore a range of careers.

Why it works

It's research based

Our many research studies show the impact of young people chatting – and quizzing – a variety of workplace volunteers:

Broadens and raises their aspirations.

Excites them about subjects – which increases their motivation to learn.

Breaks down stereotypes about who can do what job.

Reduces their likelihood of Not being in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Plus increasing earning potential and more.

It’s a simple idea of bringing schools and companies together, that’s got a lot of complex thinking, software, research and hard work behind it.

Nick Chambers, Founder and CEO

Over the last 15+ years over 85% of secondary schools and 35% of primary schools have signed up to Inspiring The Future.

4,750,000 +

interactions to date between workplace volunteers and young people to inspire and educate them on the world of careers out there.

Working with

British Chambers of Commerce
Centrica
BBC
RAF
OECD
Dechert
Aviation Skills Partnership
Federation of Small Businesses
ACCA
Cabinet Office
STEM Learning
Bank of America
Trades Union Congress
The Careers and Enterprise Company
American Express
Cilex
Sainsbury’s
ITV
Serco
BAE Logos
Ministry of Justice
Maritime UK
Pepsico
Compass Group
CIMA
ASCL
Standard Chartered
JP Morgan
Allen Overy
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
HP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tesco
PiXL
GLA
DWP
Brompton Bicycles
NHS
Capita
The Royal Warrant Holders Association
CIPD Logo
Deutsche Bank
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Boots
bam
TFL
EMCOR
Salesforce
Kent County Council
BT
Sheffield Hallam University
Amazon Web Services
Google
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Ordnance Survey
NAS
Barclays
British Gas
Recruitment and Employment Confederation
Capgemini
UK Theatre / SOLT
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
The Dulverton Trust
QEST
Balfour Beatty
Morgan Sindall Logo
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
HM Treasury
Sky
Slaughter and May
MITIE
CIOB
Institute of Directors
NAHT
GCHQ
BIS
Business Growth Fund
Santander
HM Civil Service
Home Office
Aston Martin
ARUP
Dept for Transport
City and Guilds
Virgin Media
HMRC
AKO
Deloitte
UCL Institute of Education
DFE
TES
APM
CMI
Meta
General Electric
Associations of Colleges
CIOL
WorldSkills UK
Future Talent Learning
PWC
WPP
Cognizant
East Sussex County Council
Edge Foundation
Experian