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

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