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

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