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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

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