The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair is taking place on Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham

Benefits of volunteering with the Big Bang Programme

Collaboration

• Raise the profile of your organisation, industry, and sector
• Join a collective effort to inspire and inform thousands of young people about STEM careers
• Challenge stereotypes about STEM careers
• Engage, network, and collaborate with peers in the industry and pan sector

Experience

• A fun and rewarding opportunity to make a difference in young people’s lives
• Personal development opportunity
• As a role model, you’ll actively inspire and inform young people about the breadth of future career options available to them
• CPD – Volunteering at the Big Bang Fair can be classified as evidence of CPD, much in the same way that volunteers contribute to the profession through sitting on committees and panels.

Big Bang Fair

This is the UK’s biggest free STEM Fair, taking place annually at the NEC in Birmingham. We welcome c20,000 young people aged 10-13 and c3,000 of their teachers every year. More than 50 exhibitors across all parts of the STEM industry showcase their organisation to young people through interactive stands which help young people to better understand what a career in STEM looks like.  

Big Bang Competition

This is the UK’s largest and most established STEM Competition, with categories across Science, Technology and Engineering. Hundreds of young people enter every year (742 in 23/24), submitting projects which they have worked on as an individual or group. The awards ceremony for finalists is held at the Big Bang Fair. 

Register via the link below to volunteer at the Big Bang Fair and Big Bang Competition: Big Bang Fair 2025 – Engineering UK  

Big Bang at School

This programme brings the magic of the Big Bang Fair into the school environment. This is particularly impactful for schools who cannot attend the Fair, or for whom an in-school model works better for their engagement.  If you are interested in engaging with the Big Bang at School Programme, please drop a line to nadine@ied.org.uk and we’ll pass your details on to Engineering UK so that they can link you to a school.

You can find all Engineering UK volunteering opportunities here:  Volunteering with EngineeringUK.