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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

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