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Working together to help young people achieve their potential
www.inspiringthefuture.org
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What is Inspiring the Future?
Inspiring the Future is a FREE service whereby employees from all sectors and professions from Apprentices to CEOs pledge one hour a year to volunteer to go into state schools and colleges to talk about their jobs, careers, and the education routes they took
It is a FREE service endorsed by Government (with cross-party support), the UK’s main teacher and employer representative organisations and many leading employers
It makes a difference to young people. Good quality research shows that who you meet as a teenager shapes the success with which young people go into adult life
Teachers overwhelmingly want young people to hear more from people in the workplace3
• We have signed up over 13,500 volunteers from 3,500 different organisations and our growth is steadily rising
• Over 4,600 teachers from more than 2,700 schools and colleges have already signed up, and we will have recently soft launched our Primary Futures campaign to primary schools
• Over 25,000 messages have been sent from volunteers to teachers with over 18,000 since Sept 13
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School Teacher Cumulative Line Graph Volunteer Cumulative Line Graph
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Benefits for Young PeopleThe case for employer engagement in education has never been more compelling
• This generation of young people faces an increasingly global economy, a vast and often bewildering range of career choices and increases in higher education costs mean high financial penalties for bad choices
• Pupils in state schools want to hear more from employers about jobs and careers but 42% don’t get that chance. It can make a real difference to their perceptions of what jobs are available and inspire them to consider options that they had previously never thought about
• The greatest impact can be experienced by those young people whose families have weakest access to relevant sources of career insights (such as the two million children who live in workless households)
Research
It’s who you meet: why employer contacts at school make a difference to the employment prospects of young adults - shows a significant link between young people’s experience of the world of work whilst at school and the chances of them becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) as young adults
• 26.1% of young people who could recall no contact with employers whilst at school went on to become NEET
• This reduced significantly to 4.3% for those who had taken part in four or more activities involving employers
National Careers Council –‘An Aspirational Nation: Creating a culture change in careers provision’ – calls for more careers insights for young people, and highlights how employers could support schools and colleges and give young people insights into the world of work
• ‘Employers should encourage their employees to volunteer to go into schools and colleges to give students insights into different careers, enthuse them about the world of work and provide access to active experience of work, in particular to help address mismatches in young people’s career aspirations’.
Benefits for Employers
Free secure service that makes it easy to engage with state schools and colleges by matching employee volunteers
Communicating with young people offers excellent personal development opportunities for employees
An effective means of supporting corporate social responsibility and long-term recruitment objectives
A gateway to working with schools and colleges, across a wide range of activities that support learning and progression
Free reports for employers through dedicated registration links (simply sign up via the employer registration link)
"I just thought I would drop you a note about the careers fair today. It was a great event where young people were given the opportunity to explore ALL the different options open to them when they leave school. The young people I met were really engaged and I really enjoyed
assisting them on widening their horizons". Volunteer PwC
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Guidance for volunteers and employers’ responsibilities
• Online general guidance will be provided by Inspiring the Future, to both volunteers and registered schools and colleges.
• DBS checks are not required for career insight talks as a teacher will always be present
• DBS checks or further guidance for certain activities may be required at the discretion of the school/college
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"She has volunteered to help us once a month which is great news. She’s so far carried out one session and is due to do another this Friday, 14th February. The applicants really enjoyed the session and it was great to have help from such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer. In fact, 2 out of the 6 applicants who attended the session on 17 th January, have since secured an Apprenticeship position which is brilliant". Northampton College
Benefits for Schools and Colleges• Over 13,500 diverse volunteers waiting for teachers to invite them to talk to their pupils about their jobs, and
the routes they took to get there, or even CV and interview insights at the click of a button
How does it work• When teaching staff log on to the system, they get a list of all those people registered in their area and it’s a
simple process to send a message through the system to get in touch
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"We need to give our children and young people a vision of the opportunities available to them, so that they understand the value of learning and in doing so raise aspirations. It is never too soon to start this. We also need better connections between schools and the communities and businesses they work with. Working with charity the Education and Employers Taskforce helps achieve both goals at once. We value working with other organisations on projects that give children the best start in life". Russell Hobby, NAHT General Secretary
Inspiring the Future: Primary Futures
• Essentially this is a primary school project working under the banner of 'Inspiring the Future' to develop effective, innovative approaches which will allow schools to easily engage volunteers to work in schools with primary aged children and is run in partnership with the NAHT
• When teaching staff log on to the system, they get a list of all those people registered in their area and it’s a simple process to send a message through the system to get in touch
• When volunteers sign up, they are asked if they would mind being approached by local primary schools to talk about their current job and why reading and numeracy in their primary school days were so important in achieving their current status.
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Types of Events – Schools/Colleges use ITF for
Careers Networking Careers Fair Talk
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Signing up is quick and easy
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Signing up is quick and easy
Add different specialisms
Tell schools a little bit about your job and qualifications
Select different activities you could help withAdd different locations where you can volunteer in
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women Campaign
• The Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaigns aims to get 15,000 inspirational women by the end of 2014 into schools, talking to girls to broaden their horizons and raise aspirations
Follow the Inspiring Women blog:
www.itfinspiringwomen.wordpress.com
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Employers and Professional bodies signed up Aberdeen Asset Management Allerdale Borough Council Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA)BAM Construct Bank of America Merrill Lynch ISS Facility Services Big Lottery Fund
BIS (The Department for Business Innovation and Skills)
Santander UK PLC BBC Deloitte LLP Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
Mitie Group PLC HM Revenue and Customs
UBU Centrica PLC Ministry of Justice Capgemini NHS Employers Stobart Group Home Office
Home Group Hewlett Packard Brompton Bicycles Ltd Serco Tesco Stores Ltd The Institute of the Motor Industry
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Childbase The Children’s Society Royal Society or Arts (RSA) Civil Service Carillion PLC BSkyB Premier League
Compass Group Ltd British Gas Google UK Ltd Virgin Media JP Morgan Chase Law Society Cabinet Office
AIG Vodaphone UK Symbios UK Ltd Food and Drink Federation Peek Traffic Ltd Youthnet Parabola Software Ltd
UCATT Springboard Mercedes-Benz TJX Europe Marston’s PLC SOVA Rathbone Bros PLC
Simplyhealth Kerry Foods Ltd Aston Martin Commission for Rural Communities
Parkinson’s UK HM Prison Service North East Ambulance Service - NHS
Siemens Tube Lines Ltd London City Airport AA Wates Group The Apollo Group Click Spares Ltd
New Moon First Choice Facilities PLC Trader Media Group Salesforce Holiday Inn Mosart NGP
Experian PLC The Children’s Trust Recruitment and Employment Confederation
Accenture A1 Technologies Ltd Department for Transport Euromonitor
NHS Trust – Mid Yorkshire Hospitals
Capita Symonds London Borough of Camden Third Eye Communication Limited
Barratts Developments PLC BAE Systems PLC Costain Groups PLC
Liebherr GB Ltd URENCO UK Limited NHS HM Treasury Trainline.com Ltd Manpower NHS Trust – University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Thomas Vale Construction Frank Sissons Ltd TPP First Ltd City and Guilds RDT Design Burton Biscuits Co East Sussex County Council
The Seafood Restaurant Premier Inn Cargill PLC UK Commission for Employment and Skills
James Cropper PLC KPMG LLP WPP
Verbatim Asset Management Department for Communities and Local government
Volkswagen MicroLab Devices Baker Tilly EMCOR UK O2
Babcock International Hit Training Horder Healthcare QUAD Halo Leisure Tesla Engineering Ltd Shell UK
Eurotech Fire Systems Covea Insurance Pendleside Hospice Chelsea FC Roundhouse Trust University of York MPH Group
Millbrook Ltd Aspire Group Gamm Telecom Holding Limited
The Random House Group Ltd National Apprenticeship Service
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
JD Wetherspoon PLC
Full Support Healthcare Ltd Fishburn Hedges J Sainsburys Eurovia Group Ltd Arts Council England TRAC Service Ltd MPG Media Contracts
University of Southampton Hill Mcmanus Finers Stephens Innocent LLP
Kendall College Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd Parcel2Go.com Powell UK
Pebble Royal Garden Hotel
Standard Chartered Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers UK
Nestle UK Logica
REHAU Ltd Southern Ailway
Electricity North West Millbrook Ltd
Oxbridge Technology Ltd
Pearson Education Pret a Manger
Q Hotels Deutsche Bank
Veolia Lovell Partnerships Ltd
Royal Air Force (RAF) Kent County Council
Virgin Trains SJ Berwin PLC
Raytheon UK Getco LLC
Key ContactsFor any queries please contact:
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Department Name Job Title Email Address Telephone Number
Inspiring the Future Director
Phil Pyatt Director – Inspiring the Future
[email protected] 0203 206 0454
Employer Engagement Oliver Hallam Business Development Manager
[email protected] 0203 206 0507
Inspiring Women Campaign
Gabriella Oakley Inspiring Women Engagement Manager
[email protected] 07703 734840
Schools Team Charlotte Lightman
Schools Liaison Manager
[email protected] 0203 206 0510
PR & Communications Carol Glover PR & Communications Manager
[email protected] 07939 061 850
General Enquiries [email protected] 0203 206 0510
