Growing Ambitions

Give a half an hour of your time to talk about your career and raise aspirations 

How can you inspire the next generation to aspire to more?

Through Growing Ambitions, a not-for-profit organisation, you can volunteer to give half-hour career talks in schools, colleges and universities.

Telling young people about your workplaces and careers is an easy but crucial contribution you can make. There is no long-term commitment for volunteer career speakers, who can opt in and opt out at will. It's neither time consuming nor costly.

What's in it for you?

Employers know that employee volunteering increases worker well-being and retention as well as being a useful, low-cost staff development tool. It's also great PR and helps to showcase your organisation to school leavers. Career speaking encourages young people to enter training or further education, building local skills and workforces.

What are you waiting for?

How do I get involved?

Volunteering is very simple:

1 Register to Speak - a few minutes to complete a screen and confirm your email address

2 Wait to be contacted by a careers adviser (from a school, college or uni near your home or workplace)

3 Fix a good date and time

4 Go in and speak

Easy!

Here's a Speaker's Guide with a few useful tips.  

REGISTER TO SPEAK

Click the Register to Speak link above and you'll also find some helpful FAQs. Why not encourage your colleagues and friends to volunteer to register to speak about their jobs as well?

If your organisation has more than 500 employees, you could have a volunteering portal like this on your own website. Visit www.growingambitions.org for more info on their White Label option.