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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

Upcoming training for teachers

Find out more about using Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures with our free live webinars.

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Partner profile: NHS

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

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Regional projects

Inspiring the Future is open to all schools but we also provide targeted support through special projects.

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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

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