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