Aspirations for a new start in a new year, 2023 - let’s change lives!

Have you started the year setting goals and aspirations for the year ahead? Every year we renew our promise to help change the lives of children around the world through access to education.

Can you imagine how you would keep in touch with your family and friends or do your work if you didn’t have access to WIFI? Last year we were able to support thousands of children with access to education through the development of digital classrooms and resource centres to provide access to learning resources and training for educators to improve teaching and learning. We will continue this year.



Can you imagine how tired you would be after walking 2 hours to school in the morning? Yet how keen are these children to learn, that they will do this. Last year we provided bicycles in The Gambia to ensure students can travel to school in a safe and timely manor. We are proud of everything we have achieved together, and we will continue this year.



Can you imagine reaching and age when you can no longer go to school every day because of a natural bodily function that you have no support to manage easily? We were able to support thousands of women and girls with training to make reusable period pads and manage menstrual health with dignity and pride so they can continue going to school every day. This has raised awareness of a wider range of issues preventing women and girls from accessing education, so we have been supporting training in gender-based violence education too.



By providing access to education in Cuba, Haiti, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Malawi, Uganda, Guinea Bissau, and many other places around the world we are changing lives together.


Before you launch into your new year plans and resolutions, please support us by sharing this post and the message that education matters.


  • That every child should have access to trained teachers and good quality resources.


  • That no child should miss school because they do not have transport to get to school.


  • That no girl, or young woman should miss school because she has her period.


  • That no woman or girl should ever have to experience gender inequality and gender-based violence.

                 

 

Thank you to all of our supporters, donors, partners, volunteers, ambassadors and staff for everything you did to make this work possible in 2022. With your support today we can provide access to education for thousands more students in 2023. With your support we can reach thousands more women and girls in 2023. 

 

We want to express our thanks and appreciation for your support for this coming year.

 

What a wonderful legacy that would be for every year ahead.

 


Steve Sinnott • January 10, 2023

Headlines: Inspiration, humour and advice for school leaders - Competition 2025

By Ann Beatty • August 15, 2025
Mike Fleetham of Thinking Classroom has written a book " Headlines: Inspiration, humour and advice for school leaders ". A collection of original ideas, advice from professionals, quotes, and tips to support and inspire all leaders. Perfect for new and established leaders working in education, especially headteachers. "Being a headteacher is like looking both ways before you cross the road, and then getting hit by an aeroplane." To Enter the Competition To win a copy of Headlines please share your inspiring education or life lesson in no more than 600 words. The winning article will also be published in our next edition of Engage. Send your words of inspiration to admin@stevesinnottfoundation.org.uk 📅 Deadline: 5th September 2025⁠ Stuck on Ideas? Here are some questions and prompts to get you started! What’s the one lesson school didn’t teach you, but life did? Think of a moment that changed your path, what happened? What piece of advice has helped you grow the most? When did a challenge turn into an opportunity for you? What story from your life would inspire someone on the other side of the world? What’s the life lesson that unlocked your next chapter? ⁠ Your words could uplift, empower and be seen by many. Let your story inspire the world! 🌍💡⁠ Good luck and we cant wait to read all the entries!

UNESCO ASPnet Schools Coventry

By Ann Beatty • July 8, 2025
This week our CEO Ann and Jude (SSF Ambassador) visited schools in Coventry and heard about the wonderful work that students are doing to foster peace and community connection, as part of Coventry Arts Week. We visited Lyng Hall school in the morning and met with Ms Hagan and four of the schools UNESCO ASPnet ambassadors. They told us all about their recent project. The students took their art and poetry to the 80th Anniversary symposium in Ypres and Dunkirk. They shared with us some of the poetry they had written together with the students on the field trip and some of their own poems too. They also shared their future plans for working with their local primary school on peace and community. We also had the privilege of joining Ms Hagans class where they were looking at Caliban’s tale. Here is one of the students work

A Get Moving Fundraiser - Ann's 60 Miles Walk

By Ann Beatty • June 30, 2025
For my birthday this year I had the honour to walk 60 miles (yes it was a big 0 birthday) over 3 days to support the essential work of the Steve Sinnott Foundation of which I am CEO. Education in its many forms is essential for all of us to thrive and make the most of life's opportunities. The Foundation works to ensure that as many children and adults as possible across the globe can access the human right of education. The plan was to walk with friends and supporters who I hoped would keep me smiling along the way and it felt like a good way to make use of the Foundation’s “Get Moving” campaign. Here's how my Get Moving Fundraiser went on the first day. The 13th June I started my walk in London by walking from Barnet to west Hampstead and visiting my sister at her shop at Tree of Life where I got served a nice iced coffee to keep me going.