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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

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