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Primary Schools

Broaden horizons, raise aspirations and show children the relevance of learning.

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

Boost student attainment, motivation and future prospects by connecting with volunteers from the world of work.

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Volunteers

Make a difference to children and young people’s futures by sharing your career story and experience.

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Employers

See how you can support your employees to volunteer with schools.

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What we do

Partner profile: NHS

Our partnership with the NHS champions inclusion and diversity, and helps young people explore jobs and pathways.

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Why it works

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

Meeting the volunteers has given me courage to know that I can make lots of things. I have also found out about lots more jobs.

Tam, aged 9

Over 80% of secondary schools and 35% of primary schools are signed up to Inspiring The Future.

Key research findings

Encounters with people from the world of work:

  1. Broaden young peoples’ horizons and raise their aspirations
  2. Excite children about subjects, increasing motivation, confidence and attitude to learning
  3. Challenge gender and social stereotypes
  4. Improve academic attainment at GCSE
  5. Increase young people’s earning potential
  6. Reduce the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training)

4,000,000 +

interactions between workplace volunteers and children and young people

Working with

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