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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

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