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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

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