Thank you so much to Futures For All for organising the visit of the wonderful Sir Grayson Perry. Grayson gave 14 top rules for life and art and our sixth formers left inspired and ready to take on the world! @futuresforalluk.bsky.social

We're thrilled to be heading up this incredibly exciting project alongside The HG Foundation, which can only happen thanks to partners like @thenfer.bsky.social!

A big thank you to Dr Nicholas Cullinan for delivering an inspiring talk at @acland-burghley.bsky.social! It’s always brilliant to see how much students appreciate hearing from our speakers - and to show how impactful creative careers are. 🖼️💡

🎤 The Final #FuturesForAll #Podcast episode in the #MiniSeries Ep 3 is with our CEO Nick Brook and James Turner, CEO of The HG Foundation and IntoTech programme partner. 🎙️ 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/3NvFKb1 🎧 Apple: apple.co/49wQnmC 🎧 Amazon: amzn.to/3ZsfjWd 🎧 YouTube: youtu.be/J1dVsaNDiPs #SocialMobility

🎤 #FuturesForAll The Podcast is officially live! Real stories. Real impact. Real change. Tune in to Episode 1 with our CEO Nick Brook and Funke Abimbola MBE. 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/3NvFKb1 🎧 Apple: apple.co/49wQnmC 🎧 Amazon: amzn.to/3ZsfjWd 🎧 YouTube: lnkd.in/ezHUpYBw #MiniSeries #SocialMobility

A Year of Real-World Impact: Our 2024–25 Report is Here❗📢 🔗 Read our blog post to discover the five key takeaways: bit.ly/FFAImpactRep... 🔗 Read our new impact report: www.futuresforall.org/our-impact #Impact #SocialMobility #WorkExperience #SpeakersforSchools #FuturesForAll

⚡ Work Experience For All ⚡ 🔗 finder.futuresforall.org The Futures For All platform is more than a digital space… A smarter system. Built for ease. Designed for everyone. ✅ For young people: Apply for opportunities that build confidence and skills – search by location, interest or sector. 1/3

Imagine finding work experience like this?! 🔎 📹 Our featured work experience is just one example of our work with partners to provide meaningful opportunities across industries and skills. 🤝 Offer work experience: www.futuresforall.org/employers #FuturesForAll #SystemChange #WorkExperienceMatters

🚨 ALL NEW digital work experience platform. Online digital home for students: www.futuresforall.org/young-people 👉 Filled with career insights & tips Free-to-use Work Experience Finder: finder.futuresforall.org 👉 For listing & applying for placements #FuturesForAll #WorkExperienceFinder

Work experience shouldn’t be a privilege. 🔒 Half of state school students still miss out We’re calling on employers, educators and policymakers to help us make work experience a national guarantee. 💥 Join our movement: www.futuresforall.org #SocialMobility #FuturesForAll

Yesterday we came together as Futures For All to celebrate our impact, share ideas & strengthen our mission. 📣 Our Youth Council provided valuable personal insights about opportunity gaps & access; while @marcuswareing shared his advice for young people to ‘go after’ opportunities. #FuturesForAll

From Inspiration to Access: Our Mission 🎯 To ensure that every young person in state education has access to high-quality, funded work experience — wherever they live, whatever their background. It’s time for #FuturesForAll. 📣 Join us: t.co/HYtwm29oAb #SocialMobility #EquityInEducation

Half of state-educated students leave school without ever stepping into a workplace. We’re determined to fix this: 🔗 A national, free-to-use work experience platform 📣 A rallying call to employers and policymakers to close the gap Join us: www.futuresforall.org #FuturesForAll #SocialMobility

What a way to kick off our first week as Futures For All! 🎉 Huge thanks to Louis Theroux for delivering an inspiring talk as part of our Speakers for Schools programme — sharing his journey, challenges and advice with students who left the room buzzing with confidence and ambition. Read more below👇

We’ve launched the UK’s first free-to-use work experience finder — designed to make access fair 👉 finder.futuresforall.org 🚀 A one-stop-portal for real-world opportunities 💼 A nationwide marketplace connecting employers and students #FuturesForAll #WorkExperienceFinder #SocialMobility

📣 Futures For All: Open for opportunity After 15 years of connecting young people to life-changing experiences, we’ve launched a new name & mission. -Free national Work Experience Finder -Tackling access gaps in skills, networks & inspiration -Bringing schools & employers together bit.ly/3VimUVp

Welcome to #FuturesForAll – formerly #SpeakersforSchools. New name, same mission. 15 years strong and ready to create fairer futures. We’ll keep inspiring through Speakers for Schools and opening doors with Work Experience. More news soon!

🚀 We’ve Launched a New Work Experience Framework! #WorkExperience can drive workforce development and #SocialMobility, but only when it’s high-quality and equitable. We've launched a new evidence-based Work Experience Framework to ensure every placement is impactful. Read more: bit.ly/3FOhL3q

This #SocialMobilityDay we’re celebrating 2 milestones! 📢We're part of the new Social Mobility Alliance - a coalition pushing for change so all young people can fulfil their potential. 📢We're launching our new framework for delivering high-quality, high-impact work experience. 🔗 bit.ly/43GNv3B

Such a privilege to speak to a big group of Year 9s and 10s at Harton Academy in South Shields as part of @speakers4schools.bsky.social Always great to talk about @childrenssociety.bsky.social and share my story as a leader This was such an engaged group of students!!!

🌟 It’s Volunteers’ Week!🌟 We’re celebrating the amazing volunteers who inspire the next generation by sharing their stories and career insights in schools and colleges across the UK. Thank you for helping open minds and shape futures! 👏 #VolunteersWeek #ThankYou

📢Join our webinar on #SocialMobilityDay to launch our framework for impactful #WorkExperience📢 We'll unveil a research-based, practical framework designed to help employers & providers create high-quality, impactful work experience for all young people. 📅Thurs 12 June⏰1-2pm Sign up: bit.ly/4mqnUDa

Our Head of Engagement for NI, Karen Hillis, gave evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly’s Economy Committee yesterday on #WorkExperience for young people in #NorthernIreland, highlighting our work, challenges in the system, and the benefits of quality placements for students. 🔗Watch: bit.ly/4m65vvd

I'm speaking to school students virtually TODAY 2-2.45pm in my voluntary role for charity @speakers4schools.bsky.social ANYONE can watch LIVE as long as they put down the name of a local state school speakers4schools.tfaforms.net/264

We were joined by @mayorofgm.bsky.social and business leaders and educators in Manchester today for our second roundtable with @np-partnership.bsky.social on rolling out high-quality #WorkExperience nationally. The message is clear: we should avoid hitting targets whilst missing the point.

Thank you to everyone who joined our first regional roundtable with @np-partnership.bsky.social. Alongside @metromayorsteve.bsky.social, leaders in business and education discussed what it takes for an effective national roll-out of truly high-quality, high-impact #WorkExperience. 🎉

We're proud to be highlighted by @alicettimes.bsky.social emphasising the critical need for #WorkExperience and #CareersAdvice to improve youth employment. Our work demystifies the workplace, helping young people gain the confidence and skills to pursue their career aspirations. bit.ly/3DDNqTZ

📢We are partnering with Evo Academy & The Hg Foundation to pilot a new model for 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 Year 10 work experience. Focusing on #TechCareers, it is designed to: ✅Tackle real-world challenges in tech ✅Develop technical and transferable skills ✅Offer meaningful experiences bit.ly/3R15pqq

Congratulations to our speakers, including @zoekalar.bsky.social, @cathynewman.bsky.social, Amanda Pritchard and Mishal Husain, who made @the-independent.com’s Women's Influence List! They are part of our programme where industry leaders inspire students, fuelling their ambitions. 💪🎉 bit.ly/3DwF5RX

As we approach International Women’s Day, we want to thank the incredible women across our programmes who inspire the next generation, help close opportunity gaps and challenge stereotypes. 🎉 Read an example in our blog about Gabby Logan MBE who inspired hundreds of girls 👉 bit.ly/4i2J9bP #IWD2025

📢 In September 2025, we’re changing our name to Futures For All to better represent our mission to be the UK’s leading social mobility charity. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t. It’s time to put that right. #FuturesForAll #FutureMakers #SocialMobility

Last night, we celebrated 15 years of Speakers for Schools! A huge thank you to our founder @itvpeston.bsky.social, chair Andrew Law, CEO Nick Brook, and panellists Hugh Dennis, Ed Balls, and Cara Field – your inspiring words reminded us that together, we can create lasting change for young people.

✨ Today marks 15 years of Speakers for Schools! ✨ From bold ambition to supporting 1.7 million young people, we’ve only just begun. Together, we’ll continue breaking barriers, creating opportunities, and shaping futures for generations to come. #Anniversary #SocialMobility

#NationalCareersWeek is a pivotal moment to highlight the importance of #CareersEducation and early exposure to work! There’s still time to get involved! Host a #WorkExperience placement or give a talk to inspire the next generation. Get involved 👉 bit.ly/3XmErxj #SocialMobility

Today's statistics show the number of NEET young people has risen. Read our CEO @nickbrook.bsky.social's response to this. 🔽 We believe in tackling this head-on by connecting young people with leaders from every sector, offering them the insight, confidence, and support to navigate their futures.

Teachers! Get your students inspired by the tech industry! Our IntoTech Online Talks bring industry leaders straight to your classroom, helping students explore exciting careers in technology. 🔗 Sign up your class here: www.speakersforschools.org/upcoming-bro...

This week, we said goodbye to our 24/25 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 cohort and welcomed the new group of #YoungChangemakers. A huge thank you to our outgoing members for their invaluable contributions. As we welcome our new cohort, we look forward to working together to continue championing young people’s voices.

“𝗡𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵.” - the message Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing shared with students at Maghull High School. Huge thanks to Marcus who inspired the students; he spoke candidly about his journey, his biggest lessons, and what it really takes to make it in the world of #hospitality👏

Breaking into Economics: My Path as an Apprentice Economist 12th Feb 2025, 14:00 – 14:45 Sign up here: speakers4schools.tfaforms.net/263 Join us for an inspiring session with a current Apprentice Economist. #apprentice #economics #gcse #alevel #economist @speakers4schools.bsky.social

"It was all a highlight!" – educators after an inspiring talk by Gabby Logan MBE at Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre 🎤🏆 Gabby shared insights on her #SportsCareer, the role of #education, and the lessons she’s learned along the way. A huge thank you to Gabby for #inspiring young people.

When a student from Westminster City School reached out about Ian Hislop, @privateeyenews.bsky.social's Editor, little did they know a visit to their school was possible! One student shared that Ian's Q&A, 'Motivated us to explore our interests, and show future employers what we’re capable of.' 👏

✨ Our 2023/24 Impact Report is here! ✨ This year, we've empowered young people, broken down barriers, and created opportunities. From multi-day #workexperience to amplifying voices, we're proud of the strides we've made. Read more on our blog 👉 bit.ly/3E0oTbH

AI Opportunities Action Plan aims to boost and diversify AI talent, including through increasing gender parity and expanding #education pathways. Early, equitable opportunities are key to this. Our #IntoTech programme is helping over 95,000 students explore #TechCareers. bit.ly/3XNtYeE

A huge thank you to renowned journalist and broadcaster Mishal Husain for delivering an inspiring talk to students at Lyndon School. Mishal shared her vast experiences as an international reporter and offered powerful insights on the character virtues that drive success. 👏 #SocialMobility

Our first-of-its-kind research with @smfthinktank.bsky.social reveals glaring inequalities in young people's access to knowledge of the education system and careers, which hold too many back from reaching their full potential. 👇Read our research summary and policy recommendations: bit.ly/3BPhCuB