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Your presence at a virtual activity can be both inspiring and impactful, enabling you to reach young people across the UK.

Why not take an hour out of your day to volunteer? You don’t even need to leave the comfort of your desk! 👍

Sign up today:

Volunteers - Inspiring The Future Do you want to make a difference to young people in your community and beyond? By becoming an Inspiring The Future volunteer, you can help inspire young people to think about what is possible in their futures. In 2020 we launched virtual interactive sessions to enable young people to hear from volun...

From feeding sharks 🦈 to milking snakes 🐍 the children at St John Vianney Catholic Primary School had a blast learning about the jobs of a marine biologist, a horticulturist, and a scientist who works with snakes!

Read about the exciting session here:

Blackpool school children hear from marine biologist and scientist who works with deadly snakes at event aimed at inspiring youngsters – FE News – Blackpool school children hear from marine biologist and scientist who works with deadly snakes at event aimed at inspiring youngsters

Volunteers - with spring in the air, now's a great time to refresh your profile, update your job title, or add new skills.

This will help you get relevant invitations and make it easier for schools to find you in the summer term. Just login to make changes: https://sforce.co/3qPaMMX

“The absolute importance of asking questions and dealing with things not going to plan.” Orestes - Mobile Engineering Analyst.

Along with talking about particular jobs, sectors or pathways, it’s often volunteers’ real-life insights that resonate most in the classroom.

Personal stories are memorable and have a real impact. Whether it’s being inspired by someone ‘like me’ or finding a fresh perspective from someone students wouldn’t usually meet, it’s this human connection that makes all the difference.

Our volunteers span a huge range of jobs, levels, and backgrounds. Below are just a few quotes from recent recruits’ profiles to show the added value of volunteer encounters.

If you'd like to volunteer to talk about your career story and experience with children and young people - or know someone who may like to take part - then please sign-up or share: https://bit.ly/3DprU0F

Schools - All of these volunteers and more are available on Inspiring The Future and you can invite them into your school or college now. Just sign-in to explore our volunteer network:
https://bit.ly/3DprU0F

New volunteer voices

“The importance of understanding ‘why’ rather than the ‘what’ you do” Kat - Branch Manager

“Coming from a less privileged background, I know first-hand the reality and struggles many young people face.” Prashant - Medical Doctor

“University pathways - I have spent eight years working in admissions and student recruitment in the higher education sector. What makes a good application and potential routes into desired careers." Lee - Client Success Manager

“I have experience in interviewing for vacancies and can offer my advice in this area.” Jon - Head of Security & Transport

Challenging stereotypes and overcoming barriers
• “In many of my roles I was the only woman doing that role in my company.” Barbara - Department for Transport
• “An insight into working with a disability and how to be more disability-friendly.” Natasha - Civil Service Strategy Adviser
• “Coming from a less privileged background, I know first-hand the reality and struggles many young people face.” Prashant - Medical Doctor

Making the most of opportunities
• “I grew up in east London and attended a state school. I have developed a successful corporate career, and would like to help pupils navigate some of the challenges they might be facing and help them develop the skills they need to excel.” Punam - Senior Legal Counsel
Soft skills
• “About working with multiple cultures and the soft skills of engineering.” Rob - Antenna Manufacturing Engineer
• “How playing the piano and karate helped me deal with future challenges.” Francesca - Group Financial Controller

Thinking about the summer term?

Whether you're planning careers fairs, drop down days, or work experience, see how using our volunteers can help:

https://bit.ly/3tPjSek

Want to help tackle gender stereotypes?

Primary schools - download our new PowerPoint and accompanying guide to help lead your own activity, created as part of our Inspiring Blackpool project with but available to all - just login or sign-up:
https://bit.ly/3tSBFBz

Teachers constantly tell us about the impact volunteers have on their young people – we loved hearing from Head Teacher Amanda following her session, which took place virtually 👇👇

Not sure how to get started with careers session planning? We can help you – get in touch with our team to book in a planning call, talk through your ideas and ask us questions. We’re here to support you!

Get in touch: https://bit.ly/3uveHii

With coming up, why not invite a role model who uses maths in their job to join your class virtually?

Show children just how many jobs use the subject - such as a Nurse who might use maths to calculate medication doses.

Get started: https://bit.ly/30on5pl

This we want to thank the inspiring women who have signed up to share their stories with the next generation!

Thank you so much for helping young people challenge stereotypes, and showing girls the huge range of future opportunities they can aspire to.

It's great to see literacy-focused activities taking place for ! 📚

Do you work with books, or use writing in your job? Help show children & young people the range of roles using literacy – sign up to share your career story: https://www.inspiringthefuture.org/volunteers/

Volunteers - Inspiring The Future Do you want to make a difference to young people in your community and beyond? By becoming an Inspiring The Future volunteer, you can help inspire young people to think about what is possible in their futures. In 2020 we launched virtual interactive sessions to enable young people to hear from volun...