Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students to give them the same access to inspiring talks and engagement as available in the country's most respected public schools. Working with the UK's leading figures across sectors and fields, we help them give their time directly in a state school each year, and now with the launch of the Experience programme, we help their esteemed firms and organisations host work experience for the students who lack these opportunities the most.
The charity was founded by Robert Peston and has facilitated over 6,800 school talks and placements reaching over 850,000 young people to date. Chaired by Andrew Law with a board of trustees, the charity is primarily funded by the Law Family Charitable Foundation.
