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Working together to help young people achieve their potential
www.inspiringthefuture.orgSlide2
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Benefits for Young People
The 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)ResearchIt’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 NEETThis reduced significantly to 4.3% for those who had taken part in four or more activities involving employersNational 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’.Slide3
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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 employersIt 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 workplace
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We have signed up nearly
15,000
volunteers from 3,500 different organisations and our growth is steadily rising
Over 5,500 teachers from more than 3,000 schools and colleges have already signed up, and we will have recently soft launched our Primary Futures campaign to primary schoolsOver 34,000 messages have been sent from volunteers to teachers with over 28,000 since Sept 13
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School Teacher Cumulative Line Graph
Volunteer Cumulative Line GraphSlide6
Benefits for Employers
Free secure service
that makes it easy to engage with state schools and colleges by
matching employee volunteersCommunicating with young people offers excellent personal development opportunities for employeesAn 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 progressionFree reports for employers through dedicated registration links
"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 PwC6Slide7
If you already have an employee volunteering schemeMany larger employers already have well developed employee volunteering programmes and Inspiring the Future
is designed to fit in easily with existing schemes. Equally if you are an employer which wants to start a volunteering scheme this is an easy and free way of doing so.Include
Inspiring the Future in your volunteering scheme
If you employ more than 250 people we can give you a dedicated link to send to your staff From this we can provide you with a simple report on numbers signed up etc. Organisations can choose to ask their staff to volunteer near their work address or particular target areas, or nearer home to volunteer in their communities.Assistants can sign up on behalf of senior staff using their email address to field requests from schoolsGuidance for volunteers and employers’ responsibilitiesOnline general guidance will be provided by Inspiring the Future,
to both volunteers and registered schools and colleges. It is the responsibility of teaching staff to contact volunteers through the site and invite them to take part in activities.Training, CRB checks or further guidance for certain activities may be required at the discretion of the school/college or broker, and this will be communicated to volunteers. DBS checks are
not required for career insight talks as a teacher will always be presentWe can offer training for staff and advice on how to run an employee volunteering scheme focused on education. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.
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"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 CollegeBenefits for Schools and CollegesNearly 15,000 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 buttonHow does it workWhen teaching staff log on to the system, they get a list of all those people registered in their area who can speak to young people about different specialisms and activities, and it’s a simple process to send a message through the system to get in touchSpecialismsActivitiesApprenticeshipsCareer InsightsDesign and ManufacturingHelp with CVsEnterprise/EntrepreneursMock InterviewsMaths – Using it at work
Numeracy relating to careers (Primary)Science and TechnologyReading relating to careers (Primary)Languages – French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, ArabicBeing contacted about becoming a school governorSlide9
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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 touchWhen 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.Slide10
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Types of Events – Schools/Colleges use ITF for
Careers Networking
Careers Fair
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Signing up is
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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 with
Add different locations where you can volunteer inSlide14
Example of volunteer profilethat a teacher will viewSlide15
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women CampaignSlide16
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women Campaign
Inspiring the Future is running a campaign called Inspiring Women to get more women into schools and colleges, talking to girls to broaden their horizons and raise aspirations. The campaign aims to sign-up 15,000 inspirational women by the end of 2014, and already 7,000 have signed up since October 2013.
Sign up to www.inspiringthefuture.org and volunteer in your area –
where you live or where you work and help us to recruit more women from all sectors at all levels – from Apprentices to CEOs, by asking your colleagues, employees and networks to sign upFollow the Inspiring Women blog www.itfinspiringwomen.wordpress.com for news, stories and features about the campaign Slide17
Inspiring the Future: Designed & Made Week (30th June – 4
th July)
Designed & Made week focuses on careers in design and
manufacturing and we hope that this will encourage far more young people to embrace careers in this sector. Throughout the week people who design and make: from airplanes and ceramics, to mobile apps and websites or whatever requires good design and craftsmanship will be visiting schools and colleges across the country talking to young people.The campaign links to Miriam González Durántez’s Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaign We want to put the spotlight on women working in design and manufacturing and a number of highly successful women will be visiting schools across the country that week.
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Languages
Already there are hundreds of
volunteers who use languages in their jobs
who've offered to go into schools to talk to pupils from lawyers to engineers and psychologists, from a range of organisations.Languages include French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, and many more.Inspiring Languages Week is promoted jointly by charity the Education and Employers Taskforce, the British Council, the British Academy, Speak to the Future, Routes into Languages and many other organisationsSlide18
Examples of job titles on Inspiring the Future
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Adventure Journalist
Aerospace EngineerAirline CaptainArchitectAssistant Private Secretary to the Prime MinisterAssistant Private Secretary to Leader of the House of LordsBarristerBridge DesignerCarpenterChief ExecutiveConsultant NeurosurgeonConsulting Psychiatrist in Addictions
Demolition ConsultantDentistDetective SergeantDiplomatic Service OfficerDirector of Political & Social Research
Director of Strategy & Public RelationsEconomistEditorElectrical EngineerEntrepreneur
Executive ChefExecutive Creative DirectorFilm Publicity ManagerFreelance Wildlife & Documentary Cameraman
GPHead of Digital CommunicationsHydrogeologistIllustratorInvestment BankerManufacturing ManagerMaterials EngineerMember of ParliamentOcean RowerOsteopathPhotographerPolitical CorrespondentPrinciple Design EngineerPublisherResearch ScientistSenior Broadcast JournalistSolicitorSound RecordistSpeech and Language TherapistTechnical EvangelistTechnologistTravel WriterVice PresidentAdministration AssistantAdvance ApprenticeApprentice EngineerApprentice IT ConsultantCabin CrewCourt ClerkCustomer AdvisorFirefighterInternJunior Software DeveloperNursing StudentPAPrison OfficerSecretaryStaff NurseStore TrainerStudent ParamedicTechnician ApprenticeTicket ClerkTrainee ManagerCatering ManagerContractorSystems EngineerSlide19
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Example of some of the Employers and Professional bodies signed up Slide20
Key ContactsFor any queries please contact:
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Department
NameJob TitleEmail AddressTelephone NumberInspiring the Future Director
Phil Pyatt
Director – Inspiring the Future
phil.pyatt@educationandemployers.org
0203 206 0454Employer EngagementOliver HallamBusiness Development Manageroliver.hallam@educationandemployers.org0203 206 0507Inspiring Women CampaignGabriella OakleyInspiring Women Engagement Managergabriella.oakley@educationandemployers.org 07703 734840Schools TeamCharlotte LightmanSchools Liaison Managercharlotte.lightman@educationandemployers.org0203 206 0510PR & CommunicationsCarol GloverPR & Communications Managercarol.glover@educationandemployers.org07939 061 850General Enquiriesenquiries@inspiringthefuture.org0203 206 0510