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

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