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…

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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.

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Why your organisation should get involved in volunteering

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

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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.
Providing career ideas and information for young people through over 1,000 real-life video stories connecting subjects and jobs.
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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