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

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