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Meet our school governors and trustees

Meera Shah: video diary of a young governor

From acquiring new skills, using your own expertise and experience and the feeling of giving back to your local community, there are so many benefits…

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Using Inspiring Governance to meet governor recruitment needs in a multi academy trust

David Linsell Director of Local Governance, Procedure Support and Communications The Kemnal Academies Trust Since 2010, the Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) has recruited over 30…

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Justin Placide: co-chair of the Civil Service Race Forum and school governor

Justin Placide, Head of Home Energy Retrofit Enablers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is the co-chair of the Civil Service Race…

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Programmes

Education & Employers raises aspirations by helping children understand the link between learning and work.
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
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.

Working with

East Sussex County Council
Oldham Enterprise Trust
Aspire 2 Inspire – Civil Service
Bucks Skills Hub
Bracknell Forest Council
Be a Governor Bristol
Juniper Education
Manchester University
Cambridgeshire County Council
South Yorkshire Futures
HMRC