Primary Schools

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

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

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

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Volunteers

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

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