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

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