Working together for young people
Bank of America
Improving social mobility through education
Bank of America is a multinational investment bank and financial services organisation with over 6,000 employees based in the UK. The bank first partnered with our charity, Education and Employers, in 2011.
More than 1,800 bank employees have since volunteered with Inspiring the Future to provide career inspiration to thousands of young people across UK state schools.
Funding from Bank of America has been instrumental to our success, allowing us to grow, innovate, and strengthen our position as a leader in employer engagement in education.
“Not only are you working on your own soft skills, but the impact you potentially have on someone else can be huge.”
Charlotte, Profit and Loss Analyst, Bank of America
on her experience of volunteering as a role model
QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust)
Creating awareness of careers in craft and conservation
QEST is a charity that funds the training of talented and aspiring craftspeople and works to strengthen the future of UK craft and conservation by promoting diversity in the sector.
Our Making the Future campaign enables those working in craft and making to pass on their career insights to the next generation and tackle the stereotypes and assumptions that many young people have around craft and the career opportunities available.
Tritax Big Box
Sharing the diverse range of careers in logistics
Tritax Big Box owns, develops and manages high-quality logistics real estate across the UK. They provide companies across all sectors (from retail to pharma to manufacturing) with the logistics space they need to help their businesses to succeed.
As the name suggests, Tritax provide warehouse and logistics ‘boxes’ – 500+ big and small units. They are the UK’s largest logistics development platform
Our Unboxing the Future: Inspiring Careers in Logistics campaign unpacks for young people what a career in logistics might look like. We also aim to break down the gender stereotypes associated with many roles in logistics – ensuring it’s a sector open to everyone.
Vestey Holdings
Tackling skills gaps and inspiring young people to consider a future in food
Vestey Holdings is a 125-year-old family business with 12 food companies in the UK and overseas. As an organisation they source, develop, produce, distribute, import and export food products through a wide range of customers. They are a purpose-led business focused on empowering the next generation to make informed choices for their future.
Our Inspiring a Future in Food campaign is all about opening young people’s eyes to the diverse and exciting careers involved in providing food to nations worldwide.
Maritime UK
Promoting new and established roles in maritime and diversifying the sector
Maritime UK is the collective voice for the UK’s maritime industries, bringing together the shipping, ports, services, engineering, and leisure marine industries.
Our Inspiring the Future Maritime campaign enables those in the sector to speak to thousands of young people about the diverse range of current and new opportunities, both at sea and on land.
“I wanted to take this opportunity to break down gender stereotypes children may have about what an engineer does and looks like.”
Shruthi, Senior Engineer, Wood
Canal & River Trust
Bringing to life STEM careers that manage the UK’s waterways
Canal & River Trust is the UK’s largest waterways charity and manages 2,000 miles of canals and rivers across England and Wales. As climate change and extreme weather increasingly threaten the canals, reservoirs, and ecosystems under their care, they work tirelessly to protect and revitalise these 250-year-old waterways.
Our partnership will bring to life the diverse range of STEM careers involved in managing the UK’s waterways. We’ll challenge stereotypes about careers in the waterways sector, particularly when it comes to STEM, through virtual and in-person events from a whole range of different Canal & River Trust employees.
CIPD – the professional body for HR and people development
Creating awareness of roles in HR and People Development
The CIPD is the professional body for human resources (HR), learning and development (L&D), organisation development (OD) and all people professionals. They help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, championing better work and working lives.
CIPD members range from human resources officers to learning managers to marketers. These job titles don’t often make it onto young people’s aspirational job lists because they don’t get the chance to learn about them. We’re working together to ensure that students find out about these types of roles early and know which could suit their personality and skillset, while offering rewarding careers.
Supporting your employees to volunteer in schools is a great way to improve young people’s life chances and benefit your organisation at the same time.