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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

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