Primary Schools

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

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

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

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Volunteers

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

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