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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

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