Meet our partners

Bank of America is a multinational investment bank and financial services organisation with over 6,000 employees based in the UK. The bank first partnered with Education and Employers in 2011.

More than 1,800 bank employees have since volunteered with Inspiring the Future to provide career inspiration to thousands of young people across UK state schools.

Funding from Bank of America has been instrumental to the charity’s success, allowing it to grow, innovate, and strengthen its position as a leader in employer engagement in education.  

NHS England is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care, providing national leadership and coordination for the education and training of the health and public health workforce in England.  

Launched in 2018, the NHS Ambassadors programme aims to build the talent pipeline of the NHS. Since its inception, thousands of NHS employees across the country have volunteered with our activities. We were delighted to see this partnership shortlisted in the ‘Charity Collaboration of the Year’ category at the Charity Times Awards 2021, the same year we launched our report looking at the impact of our NHS ambassadors.

QEST is a charity that funds the training of talented and aspiring craftspeople and works to strengthen the future of UK craft and conservation by promoting diversity in the sector. 

Our Making the Future campaign enables those working in craft and making to pass on their career insights to the next generation and tackle the stereotypes and assumptions that many young people have around craft and the career opportunities available. 

WorldSkills UK is a four nations partnership between education, industry and UK governments, working to help the UK become a ‘skills economy’ by inspiring young people to choose technical education and apprenticeships, particularly focusing on priority skills and future skills, including STEM.  

Our campaign with WorldSkills UK works to ensure all young people are aware of the range of career pathways they can take to reach their goals and to showcase the range of exciting and essential jobs young people can access through technical education and apprenticeships.

Vestey Holdings is a 125-year-old family business with 12 food companies in the UK and overseas that deal with the sourcing, developing, producing, distributing, importing and exporting of food products through a wide range of customers. They are a purpose-led business aiming to empower the next generation to make informed choices for their future. 

Our Inspiring a Future in Food campaign aims to open young people’s eyes to the diverse and exciting careers involved in providing food to nations worldwide. 

Maritime UK is the collective voice for the UK’s maritime industries, bringing together the shipping, ports, services, engineering, and leisure marine industries.  

Our Inspiring the Future Maritime campaign enables those in the sector to speak to thousands of young people about the diverse range of current and new opportunities, both at sea and on land.  

Tritax Big Box develops, owns and manages high-quality logistics real estate across the UK – supplying companies across all sectors (from retail to pharma to manufacturing) with the logistics space they need to help their businesses to succeed.

Our Unboxing the Future: Inspiring Careers in Logistics campaign unpacks for young people what a career in logistics might look like and breaks down the gender stereotypes associated with some roles.

Colas Rail is a global leader in rail infrastructure services. They deliver a wide range of projects from straightforward to highly complex. Their mission is to enhance urban mobility and connect communities, while positively impacting the environment.  

Our partnership aims to inspire young people by raising awareness about careers across the rail sector. Through virtual and in-person events, the partnership will challenge gender and cultural stereotypes held by young people about the rail sector and highlight themes such as green and sustainable careers in the rail industry.

Canal & River Trust is the UK’s largest waterways charity and manages 2,000 miles of canals and rivers across England and Wales. As climate change and extreme weather increasingly threaten the canals, reservoirs, and ecosystems under their care, they work tirelessly to protect and revitalise these 250-year-old waterways. 

Our partnership will bring to life the diverse range of STEM careers involved in managing the UK’s waterways. We’ll challenge stereotypes about careers in the waterways sector, particularly when it comes to STEM, through virtual and in-person events from a whole range of different Canal & River Trust employees. 

The CIPD is the professional body for human resources (HR), learning and development (L&D), organisation development (OD) and all people professionals. They help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, championing better work and working lives. 

CIPD members range from human resources officers to learning managers to marketers. These job titles don’t often make it onto young people’s aspirational job lists because they don’t get the chance to learn about them. We’re working together to ensure that students find out about these types of roles early and know which could suit their personality and skillset, while offering rewarding careers.