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Primary Schools

Broaden horizons, raise aspirations and show children the relevance of learning.

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

Boost student attainment, motivation and future prospects by connecting with volunteers from the world of work.

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Volunteers

Make a difference to children and young people’s futures by sharing your career story and experience.

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Employers

See how you can support your employees to volunteer with schools.

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What we do

Upcoming training for teachers

Find out more about using Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures with our free live webinars.

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Partner profile: NHS

Our partnership with the NHS champions inclusion and diversity, and helps young people explore jobs and pathways.

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Regional projects

Inspiring the Future is open to all schools but we also provide targeted support through special projects.

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Why it works

See what Inspiring the Future is all about in this short video.

Meeting the volunteers has given me courage to know that I can make lots of things. I have also found out about lots more jobs.

Tam, aged 9

Over 80% of secondary schools and 35% of primary schools are signed up to Inspiring The Future.

Key research findings

Encounters with people from the world of work:

  1. Broaden young peoples’ horizons and raise their aspirations
  2. Excite children about subjects, increasing motivation, confidence and attitude to learning
  3. Challenge gender and social stereotypes
  4. Improve academic attainment at GCSE
  5. Increase young people’s earning potential
  6. Reduce the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training)

4,000,000 +

interactions between workplace volunteers and children and young people

Working with

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