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

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