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

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