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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

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