September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024
Today, we are launching a national campaign asking children to draw a picture of what they want to be when they grow up. The ‘When I grow up…’ campaign aims to celebrate and showcase what children aspire to be and capture their creativity and imagination. It is based on ‘Drawing the Future’ , our 2017 research […]
Read moreJuly 24, 2024
July 24, 2024
Civil Servants from across the country have been volunteering in schools with Inspiring the Future since its launch in 2012 . Over 8,500 people from diverse backgrounds have registered to give children and young people valuable insights into the wide array of career opportunities available within one of the UK’s largest and most influential employers. […]
Read moreJune 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
Over the last 18 months we have been working with colleagues from Region Skåne and Mälardalens University in Sweden on a report examining the career aspirations of children in the region. The research has looked at who or what is influencing their choices and how they compare with current and projected jobs using the methodology […]
Read moreJune 13, 2024
June 13, 2024
Today is Social Mobility Day! Whilst it seems like there is a themed day for everything, this is about an issue our charity thinks is crucial – raising aspirations and ensuring that a young person’s background doesn’t determine their future. Our research shows that young people’s aspirations are heavily influenced by the jobs their family and neighbours do, […]
Read moreApril 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
We’re working with the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) to give young people the opportunity to learn about the world of work first hand from volunteers who work in crafts, conservation and restoration. What is Making the Future? Making the Future is our craftiest campaign yet. It aims to break down stereotypes about opportunities in […]
Read moreApril 10, 2024
April 10, 2024
Education and Employers are one of Bank of America’s longest running charity partners. Bank of America continue to fund our work together, tackling stereotypes in the world of work and raising young people’s aspirations. Bank of America has been a lead corporate supporter of Inspiring the Future since 2011, reaching over 68,000 young people thanks […]
Read moreMarch 25, 2024
March 25, 2024
Staff and trustees of the charity are very sad to hear of the loss of our long-standing trustee Karen Giles. Karen sadly passed away on Friday 22nd March surrounded by family after a long period of receiving palliative care at home after a diagnosis of brain cancer. Our thoughts are with her family at this […]
Read moreMarch 12, 2024
March 12, 2024
A video made by CLAP@JC and Education and Employers charity capturing what primary children in Hong Kong aspire to has been shown as part of the opening ceremony of a major conference on education in Hong Kong. The Career and Life Adventure Pathways (CLAP) conference was organised and hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities […]
Read moreFebruary 29, 2024
February 29, 2024
Today, Iceland launched their own version of our Inspiring the Future/Primary Futures programmes. They have called it ‘Stækkaðu framtíðina’, which translates into English as ‘Expand the Future’ as there isn’t quite a direct translation of the word ‘inspiring’ in Icelandic. The aim of the project is to help ensure equal opportunities and access to jobs […]
Read moreJanuary 22, 2024
January 22, 2024
We are delighted to announce that we are launching a new campaign to inspire and educate children and young people on the range of opportunities within aviation. The ‘Inspiring Aviation’ campaign will be a part of our Inspiring the Future programme and is being funded by the Department for Transport’s Reach for the Sky initiative. […]
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