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Parents

Getting Ready for Open Days: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting Your Teen

The summer and autumn terms are a very busy period for most students in Years 10 to 13 as they begin to prepare for their ...
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Activate Your Future

Activate Your Future Participant Spotlight: Sam

“I was applying for entry-level science roles but wasn’t hearing back”. Tucked away on the ground floor of Cambridge Biomedical Campus is Stir café, just below the ...
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Activate Your Future

Activate Your Future Employer Spotlight: Kate Greenwood

“We are supporting the future workforce we need.” Kate Greenwood, Work Opportunities Manager at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and ambassador for Form the Future ...
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Ambassadors

Ambassador Spotlight with Amara McCalla

“I know my younger self would have appreciated volunteers like the ones from Form the Future.” Amara McCalla, a Trainee Development Surveyor at Hill Group, sat ...
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Roku Stem Project Day
Careers Awareness

Roku and Form the Future Team up to Inspire the Next Generation

Pupils from Stanground Academy stepped inside one of the world’s leading technology companies when they visited Roku’s Cambridge office for an interactive STEM Project Day ...
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Parents

Growing Up with AI. Making Sense of Careers and Education

At Form the Future’s recent annual conference, conversations about AI and young people reflected a field that is still taking shape rather than settling into ...
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Parents

Helping Your Child Choose Their GCSE Options: A Guide for Parents

The spring term is usually when Year 9 and in some schools Year 8, students in England are asked to choose their GCSE subjects. For ...
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Careers Awareness

Students Take Flight at TTP Project Day

Cambridge LaunchPad Committee Partners TTP hosted their first exciting Project Day of 2026 for students from Long Road Sixth Form, Comberton Village College and Hinchinbrooke ...
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Annual Conference

Form the Future’s Annual Conference 2026

Young People and Work in the Age of AI. Form the Future welcomed educators, employers, policymakers, civic leaders and young people from across the region ...
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Parents

Help Your Child Shine: Tips to help succeed at Interviews

Interviews can feel daunting for all of us, and particularly for young people who may have limited work experience or interview practice. Through our work ...
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Parents

Insights Into the Workplace

Your child has already begun building the foundations of their future career, often without even realising it. From group projects and presentations to part-time jobs ...
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Parents

Supporting Your Young Person with Life After Sixth Form or College

If your young person is in year 12 or 13 it’s never too early to think about what comes next. These two years are a crucial time for personal growth, exploring interests, and ...
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Parents

A Parent’s Guide to Applying to Medical School

Young people choose to study medicine for a variety of reasons, often rooted in a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives, a fascination ...
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Tech Futures - Cambridge Tech Week Illumina
Bespoke Events

Tech Futures 2025 Inspires Next Generation of Innovators at Cambridge Tech Week

Form the Future’s Tech Futures 2025, delivered in partnership with Cambridge Tech Week, gave sixth-form students from across Cambridgeshire a unique, three-day immersion into the ...
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Alex Chien
Ambassadors

Ambassador Spotlight with Alex Chien

“I wish I had come across an organisation like this when I was at school!”Alex Chien owns Slow Chew – a mindfulness-focused Taiwanese supper club ...
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Parents

Sector Spotlight: Pathways into a Legal Career

As careers advisors, we’re privileged to engage with a diverse range of young people, learning about their ideas and aspirations for the future. These conversations ...
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Bespoke Events

Cambridge Tech Week: 15 – 19 September 2025

Cambridge Tech Week is a global tech gathering designed to unite the brightest minds – visionaries, world-leading experts, and strategic investors – to drive growth, ...
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Kate Greenwood
Ambassadors

Ambassador Spotlight with Kate Greenwood

Let’s hear it for this week’s Ambassador stepping into the Spotlight – Kate Greenwood. Kate will be a familiar face to many of you, having ...
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Register to volunteer

Thank you for choosing to become a volunteer with Form the Future! In order to join our volunteer community and get yourself involved in some of our events, please follow these steps:

 

  1. Click the button below and complete the Registration Form
  2. Upon receiving your completed form we will create a Volunteer Profile for you then send you log in details and information on how to sign up for volunteering opportunities
  3. You can then sign up for volunteering opportunities at your leisure!

DONATE TO OUR MISSION

Our goal is that all young people move successfully from education into employment. As a social enterprise, we are reliant on grants and corporate funding in order to work with the schools across Cambridgeshire. Even the smallest donation helps us to provide careers inspiration for every child. Click below to find out more about what your donation could do for young people in your community.