Our Story

Curriculum Aligned School Expeditions & Educational Travel

FutureKind partners with Australasian schools to co create purposeful journeys that help young people grow and lead, preparing them for a future that matters.

Built on experience. Designed for what comes next.

We believe that when young people stretch themselves across cultures, landscapes, and ideas, they discover what they’re truly capable of. That the decisions that shape their lives should be made with open minds, strong values, and a deep understanding of the world.

We created Futurekind because we’ve lived this.

We’ve travelled as students, led school trips across mountains, cities, oceans, and borders — and supported hundreds of thousands of families on the journey. We’ve seen firsthand the transformation that happens when education steps beyond the classroom.

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“Futurekind exists because we believe the future is shaped by the kind of people we become. We help students become brave, kind young adults — for their future, and for humankind.”

— The Futurekind Founders

Co-Founder

Peter Fletcher

Peter has spent his career creating experiences that build character, confidence, and perspective in young people. Over 20 years at World Challenge, including 10 years as Group Managing Director, he oversaw 90,000+ students travelling across 40+ countries — always with safety, care, and student wellbeing at the centre.

As a father of three teenagers, Peter understands the trust schools and families place in student travel. He’s also an adventurer at heart: from becoming the first Australian to row the North Atlantic Ocean (2015) to completing the first known father–daughter kayak crossing of Bass Strait (2025).

With a Senior Executive MBA from Melbourne Business School, he co-founded Futurekind to combine purpose with operational excellence — helping young people become brave, kind adults ready to shape a better future.

Co-Founder

Oliver Einsiedel

Oliver’s journey into purposeful student travel began as a teenager on an expedition to Borneo — an experience that showed him what happens when young people are trusted with real challenge and responsibility. After starting his career as a corporate lawyer, he brought that same professional rigour, risk awareness, and calm decision-making into student expeditions.

Over seven years with World Challenge, Oliver helped deliver life-changing journeys for 10,000+ students, balancing adventure with meticulous planning and care. A marathon and ultramarathon runner, he believes growth is earned — and that the right experience can build brave, kind young adults who carry that strength into everything that comes next.

Founding Team.

We’re building Futurekind with experienced people who care deeply about student growth, safety, and community impact.

Founding Team, Head of Product

Isabel Hurley

Isabel leads product at Futurekind, designing journeys that are meaningful for students and responsible for the communities they visit. With a Bachelor of Business (Tourism) and a Master’s in Sustainable Tourism Management, she brings both academic depth and practical experience to building exceptional programs.

Over the last five years, Isabel has worked across product-focused tourism roles — including two years with World Challenge — and she’s also been an outdoor educator in Australia and the USA. She’s passionate about travel as a force for good, creating experiences that help students grow into courageous, compassionate young adults while leaving a positive footprint locally.

Our Approach to School Travel

Every FutureKind journey begins with collaboration. We work closely with educators and school leaders to design programs that align with curriculum objectives, support student well-being, and reflect the values of each school community.

Rather than offering fixed itineraries, we co-create each expedition and tour around your learning goals, subject areas, and student cohort. This ensures travel is not an add-on, but a meaningful extension of the classroom.

Expeditions that Build Character

Immersive journeys designed around challenge, service, and personal growth. Through shared experience, cultural connection, and real responsibility, students develop confidence, resilience, and leadership in ways that last well beyond the journey.

Learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Futurekind’s school tours and expeditions are intentionally designed to support curriculum outcomes while creating powerful conditions for student growth. Programs can be aligned across humanities, geography, science, sustainability, leadership, and personal development.

Learning is embedded through cultural engagement, community connection, and guided reflection. As students step outside familiar environments, they develop resilience, independence, empathy, and perspective.

These experiences encourage young people to think critically about their role in the world and often become defining moments in their education.

Designed for schools. Trusted by families.

Purpose-built student experiences

More than a trip. Every journey is designed to build character, leadership, and purpose.

Designed in partnership with your school

We co-design every program with you, aligned to your curriculum, calendar, and school culture.

Safety and well-being come first

Every decision, every detail, is built around student wellbeing and professional risk management.

Ethical and sustainable by design

Our journeys are designed to tread lightly, give generously, and connect deeply with people, place, and planet.

Safety, Care, and Professional Delivery

We understand the responsibility that comes with school travel. FutureKind programs are professionally planned and risk-managed, with a strong focus on student safety, wellbeing, and duty of care.

Our team brings extensive experience in school travel, logistics, and on-ground delivery, ensuring educators can focus on their students while we manage the complexity behind the scenes.

Explore Expeditions

Sri Lanka

Nepal

Japan

Greece

Costa Rica

France

Australia

Italy

India

Cambodia

China

Morocco