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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

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