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.

4,500,000 +

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

Working with

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