Inspiring The Future – Connecting schools and colleges with volunteers from the world of work

We give every young person in state education the opportunity to be inspired and motivated

by real people doing interesting jobs - opening their eyes to a future of possibilities. We do this quickly, easily and for free by matching schools with volunteers through our national online match-making platform.

With over 40,000 volunteers registered

Inspiring the Future connects teachers from schools and colleges with thousands of volunteers across the UK, from a huge range of jobs, at all levels, from Apprentices to CEOs.

Celebrating NHS70

Our NHS Ambassadors can help illustrate the connection between what students are studying in the classroom and the potential job opportunities available in the NHS.

Working together for young people

74% of young people motivated to study harder

We recently surveyed students attending Inspiring The Future career carousels to find out exactly how they’re being helped to plan for their futures. Find out what they said.

Watch our film: How Inspiring The Future works

Inspiring the Future matches volunteers doing a vast range of interesting jobs with state schools and colleges to show students what exciting and unique careers are possible and how they can achieve them. See how it works.