Primary Schools

Making it possible for children to explore the world of work with fun, inspiring role models.

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

Enable students to meet people in diverse jobs, feed their motivation, and see how school subjects connect to careers.

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Volunteers

Your story is unique and your experience is invaluable. Share your story and see the immediate impact on children. It's just wonderful.

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Employers

You can make a huge difference to students' future careers - and at scale - there are lots of ways to get involved.

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What we do


See what Inspiring the Future is all about in this short video.

Inspiring aviation

We’re sparking curiosity about aviation through hands-on events and immersive activities, linking young people with industry professionals to explore a range of careers.

Why it works

It's research based

Our many research studies show the impact of young people chatting – and quizzing – a variety of workplace volunteers:

Broadens and raises their aspirations.

Excites them about subjects – which increases their motivation to learn.

Breaks down stereotypes about who can do what job.

Reduces their likelihood of Not being in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Plus increasing earning potential and more.

It’s a simple idea of bringing schools and companies together, that’s got a lot of complex thinking, software, research and hard work behind it.

Nick Chambers, Founder and CEO

Over the last 15+ years over 85% of secondary schools and 35% of primary schools have signed up to Inspiring The Future.

4,750,000 +

interactions to date between workplace volunteers and young people to inspire and educate them on the world of careers out there.

Working with

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