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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

Partner profile: NHS

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

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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

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