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Because we’re all passionate about the future of engineering.

Donations play an important role in funding our work to help more young people experience engineering and receive support to pursue a career in the sector.

Ways to donate

All online donations between 2 - 9 December 2025 will be diverted to the Big Give Christmas Challenge website, providing you with the opportunity to have your donation matched.

Make a difference this festive season. Your generosity will help us reach our goal of giving more young people opportunities to access STEM education.

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A donation, small or large can make a meaningful difference:

Individual gifts

All donations between 2 - 9 December 2025 will be diverted to the Big Give Christmas Challenge website, providing you with the opportunity to have your donation matched.

Thank you for your support in engineering a better world! Better never stops, and thanks to you – neither will we.

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Gifts of recognition

Recognise someone important to you from the world of engineering and technology.

Your donation will be invested where it can have the most impact to help more young people experience engineering and receive support to pursue a career in the sector.

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Gifts in wills

Leaving a gift in your will is a great way to pass your passion on and leave a lasting legacy.

Your gift will help make a world of difference to the future of engineering and enable us to continue with our mission to engineer a better world.

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About a gift in memory

By giving us a gift in memory of a loved one, you can keep their passion alive.

The late Harold Firmin left a memorial fund in memory of his daughter Janet, to enable her work supporting engineers to continue through the Futures Fund.

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Philanthropy

The importance of inspiring more young people to choose science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and related degree courses or apprenticeships to bridge the skills gap in UK industry is widely recognised and has never been more important for the future of our profession.

Your support and donations will help make a world of difference to the future of engineering and enables us to continue with our mission to engineer a better world. Find out how we work with businesses and organisations to achieve their goals through local and national partnerships or discover more about our work with charitable trusts, foundations and livery companies to help tackle issues like social mobility and disadvantage and how you could get involved.

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Why donate?

Impact report

Our annual impact reports spotlights how your charitable donations are taking our work to an even wider audience and making a tangible difference to the engineers of the future.

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IET Annual Report

Our Annual Report provides information on the organisation's achievements over the past year including our financial review.

Go to https://www.theiet.org/about/governance/annual-reports/

Where your money goes

As a registered charity, we rely on the help and generosity of our members and the engineering community to ensure we can keep investing in and growing our education and award programmes.

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Frequently asked questions

A selection of FAQs about donating to the Futures Fund.

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Contact us

If you’d like to find out more about the ways you can support our programmes and initiatives or are considering making a donation, you can contact Elsa Scott at fundraising@theiet.org or by telephone at +44 (0)333 0499123 and press 0.