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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

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