Patron
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | David Puttnam first became well known as an Academy Award winning film producer. In 1997, he retired from the film industry to join the then Secretary of State, David Blunkett M.P., at the Department for Education, and became Labour life peer, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate. He subsequently served as chairman of the Education Standards Task Force and then the General Teaching Council for England. In 1998, he founded the National Teaching Awards. David was knighted in 2005 and has been Deputy Chairman of Channel Four since the same year. He was the founding chair of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. In 2002, he became the UK President of UNICEF. David Puttnam expresses himself very proud to have been a close friend of Steve Sinnott and very pleased now to be associated with the Foundation as its patron.
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Founding Directors
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Jerry is a director and Chairperson of the Steve Sinnott Foundation and a senior member of the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Teachers, England and Wales |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Mary is a director of the Steve Sinnott Foundation, a primary teacher, and Steve's wife |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Christine is a director of the Steve Sinnott Foundation, formerly Deputy to Steve as General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, and now his sucessor as General Secretary |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Graham is a director of the Steve Sinnott Foundation and formerly Senior Solicitor of the National Union of Teachers, England and Wales |
Project Manager
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Sam has over 4 years experience in International Development, fundraising and social activism. She has a Masters Degree (in Gender & Development) from the London School of Economics and an MA in Social Work from Delhi University, India. Her international professional endeavours have spanned across diverse projects including Start-up of a Micro-Finance Company for the rural poor in India, Advocacy Campaigns on Women’s Land Rights & Millennium Development Goals and research with European Commission's 'Daphne' programme on Domestic violence policies in UK and Eastern Europe.
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Online Community Support
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Jacqui’s background is in Higher Education and online learning. She has worked for various organisations designing, implementing and facilitating online spaces for learning, collaboration and communication. Before becoming a freelance online learning consultant, she worked for the National College for School Leadership as an e-learning specialist. |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Gillian’s background is in teaching and online learning. She worked as a maths teacher and an ICT teacher before becoming an e-learning specialist with the National College for School Leadership. Since becoming a freelance online learning consultant, Gillian has worked for various oganisations, supporting their use of the online environment for learning, collaboration and communication. |
Education Consultants
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Nicky is an education consultant. With Mary Sinnott and Penny Clayton, she co-authored the Educating for Education guidelines which the Foundation has adopted to support its work. Nicky is a member of the Thank Goodness It's Monday (TGIM) group. |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Penny is an education consultant and a former headteacher. With Mary Sinnott and Nicky Anastasiou, she co-authored the Educating for Education guidelines which the Foundation has adopted to support its work. Penny is a member of the Thank Goodness It's Monday (TGIM) group. |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Sarah is an education consultant and a member of the Thank Goodness It's Monday (TGIM) group. |
| The content of this macro can only be viewed by users who have logged in. | Performance Coach, Trainer and Author. Managing Director of Vision for Learning CEO The Institute of Educational Coaching Member of Thank Goodness It's Monday Education Consultancy Voluntary Fundraising Advisor to Manisha Child Welfare Foundation, Nepal Will is passionate about making opportunities available to people which increase their quality of life and which support those around them. Community and education are central to building a better world, as is a fairer distribution of wealth. His work involves supporting the development of coaching and creativity skills which in turn support effective learning in schools and colleges. For him, it's all about increasing choices available to people, so that they can make informed decisions which benefit themselves and their communities. |