Work Experience Programme
We offer in-person and remote placements, alongside shorter introductory Insight Days, with hundreds of leading UK employers.
Our goal is to demystify careers, build skills and self-belief, prepare young people for the workplace, and open doors to opportunities that were previously closed. Our high-quality, fully funded work experience programme is accessible to all 14-19-year-olds from state schools and colleges nationwide. It is designed to meet Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 6 and incorporates the Skills Builder Universal Framework.
Through our dedicated education and delivery teams, we provide expert guidance, step-by-step planning, proactive management, and safeguarding support.
We offer in-person and remote placements, alongside shorter introductory Insight Days, with hundreds of leading UK employers.
Our goal is to demystify careers, build skills and self-belief, prepare young people for the workplace, and open doors to opportunities that were previously closed. Our high-quality, fully funded work experience programme is accessible to all 14-19-year-olds from state schools and colleges nationwide. It is designed to meet Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 6 and incorporates the Skills Builder Universal Framework.
Through our dedicated education and delivery teams, we provide expert guidance, step-by-step planning, proactive management, and safeguarding support.
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Work Experience Finder
Our online, scrollable discovery feed is designed for employers to showcase placements and for young people to explore the latest opportunities. You can search, filter, and sort, and browse by featured career types, industries, subjects, and closing soon. Plus, signing in grants access to saving and viewing your favourites, as well as tailored searching based on your location.
Why work experience matters
Boosts prospects
89% of young people feel confident that they can achieve their career goals, post placement.
Lifts future salary
For each additional type of work experience undertaken, future annual earnings increase by £1,088.*
Ups employability
Attending
work experience reduces a young person’s chance
of becoming NEET
from 11 to 7%.*
Attending work experience reduces a young person’s chance of becoming NEET from 11 to 7%.*
Yet, 50%
of young people leave school without doing any work experience.*
*Based on the results of a YouGov survey of 2,098 18-30-year-olds
Your work experience options
Whether it’s a half-day, a full-day or multi-day, we have multiple options available:
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In-person work experience
Our face-to-face work experience provides opportunities for young people to spend time physically 'on the job' at an organisation’s site doing fun skill-building activities. Typically, this type of placement would include a site tour, presentations, project work, and employer Q&As.
02
Remote work experience
Our live, online work experience provides fully interactive placements that young people can access remotely from anywhere in the UK, improving access to careers. Typically, this type of placement would include remote tours, talks, polls, presentations, projects, and employer Q&As.
03
Hybrid work experience
Discover impact
We also offer multi-day placements that combine an element of in-person with an element of remote work experience. These typically incorporate at least a day of in-person activities in the form of a site visit with several days of online activities, making them both accessible and flexible.
Work experience stories
“We have worked together to design a year-long programme of aviation learning. 25,000 hours of inspiring talks, interactive activities, and mentoring, both remotely and in-person.”
Laura Macshane
DEI & Community Manager, Virgin Atlantic
“Work Experience is a vital part of lifelong learning. By offering opportunities for in-person, hybrid, and remote experiences, we’ve removed the barriers that exist for many.”
Alexander McCafferty
Careers Leader, Djanogly City Academy
“I’ve learnt so much. I think it’s so important for everyone to get work experience because you need some sort of foundation as to how to build your skills.”
Joyce
Work Experience Attendee
“Work Experience is a vital part of lifelong learning. By offering opportunities for in-person, hybrid, and remote experiences, we’ve removed the barriers that exist for many.”
Alexander McCafferty
Careers Leader, Djanogly City Academy
“We have worked together to design a yearlong programme of aviation learning. 25,000 hours of inspiring talks, interactive activities, and mentoring, both remotely and in-person.”
Laura Macshane
DEI & Community Manager, Virgin Atlantic
“I’ve learnt so much. I think it’s so important for everyone to get work experience because you need some sort of foundation as to how to build your skills.”
Joyce
Work Experience Attendee
Interested in joining or offering work experience, or looking for some more information?
Complete our online form or email workexperience@futuresforall.org
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