Education and Employers – Working together for young people

Making a positive difference to young peoples’ lives

by connecting primary and secondary schools and colleges with employers and volunteers to work together on a range of in-school activities that can improve the futures of young people.

Over 50,000 volunteers from a range of interesting jobs and different sectors have signed up to inspire young people

Our latest research shows positive link between career talks and GCSE attainment

Inspire the next generation

Have you considered volunteering as a school governor?

Develop your skills and experience whilst having a lasting impact on your local community.

Make the change you want to see in education happen

Working together for young people

Read some of our amazing volunteer stories

What motivates our volunteers and what do they get out of it? Our community of nearly 40,000 volunteers from a huge range of jobs across…

See what we do in film and photos

We have lots of amazing films and photos from our in-school inspiring events as well as our volunteers, teachers and young people talking about what a difference we have made to them.

Why your organisation should get involved in volunteering

Watch our film #RedrawTheBalance to see why early intervention is needed

Our programmes

Providing invaluable first-hand career insights to motivate young people to consider the widest range of future working options by connecting volunteers from all backgrounds with schools.

Broadening horizons and raising aspirations for primary school children by helping them understand the link between learning and work by connecting primary schools with volunteers.

Tackling gender stereotypes in career aspirations for girls by connecting schools to thousands of female volunteers from all sectors and running campaigns to highlight the issue.

Ensuring schools and colleges provide the best environment for student achievements by connecting thousands of volunteers interested in becoming governors to schools nationally.

Ensuring effectiveness of further education providers by connecting thousands of volunteers interested in becoming board members with FE providers.

Empowering young people to make informed choices about their career paths by raising awareness of apprenticeship routes.

Building the evidence base on what happens when employers engage with schools to support young people's learning and progression into the world of work.

Sharing and collaborating with countries across the world to support employer engagement within education using the power of volunteering.

News and events

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Education and Employers’ latest report suggests that encounters with the world of work can improve GCSE results

The full report will be published on 6th June 2019 at a launch event in central London. Sign up to our mailing…

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Inspiring Governance and National Governance Association launch new campaign to bring ‘Educators on Board’

Inspiring Governance and The National Governance Association (NGA) are delighted to announce the launch of our new campaign ‘Educators on Board’. In…

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MPs unite to help broaden the horizons and raise the aspirations of children

On Tuesday 14th May the Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Secretary State for Education, Graham Stuart MP and Emma Hardy MP hosted…

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