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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

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