Highlights from our 15 Years celebration!

This event, hosted by Amanda Martin MP, is to celebrate 15 Years of The Steve Sinnott Foundation, supporting access to Education for All. The Steve Sinnott Foundation works with teachers and educators to deliver projects that progress the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 - to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education while promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. We are proud to have worked towards making this goal a reality and continue to do so in honouring Steve Sinnott’s legacy. 


Here are some highlights from the speakers on the day!


"On behalf of Education International we wish to bring solidarity, greetings, appreciation and congratulations to the Steve Sinnott Foundation as it approaches this important milestone. I personally remember Steve from our time connecting US and English teachers around fundamental rights, specifically the Magna Carta and the Civil Rights movement. He was and remains an inspiration and beacon in the global teacher union movement. And as we look around us at this moment in time we know he was right, "there are those who are hopeful supporters and activists for justice, human rights and equality; and there is the rest." Education International is proud to be a partner with the Steve Sinnott Foundation and thanks you all for the work you do towards achieving our collective aims. Congratulations to Ann and the team. And lastly, the hugest of hugs to Mary who continues to inspire us all by directing all the energy and promise of Steve's legacy in such important ways for the world's students and teachers. Thank you" - DAVID EDWARDS, PH.D GENERAL SECRETARY OF EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL


"Today is a combination of a celebration & a thank you to all that have been involved. A small but very successful Foundation, something tangible, something beneficial something long lived. A real commitment to education recognising it as a human right. We will continue to support towards SDG4 emphasising on Girls and Women globally" - JERRY GLAZIER, CHAIR OF TRUSTEES FOR THE STEVE SINNOTT FOUNDATION


A Foundation close to my heart, making a real sustainable difference through their projects. I am very happy to be working together with the Foundation towards the achievement of the SDGs. As Steve said "Working together - winning together. - AMANDA MARTIN MP FOR PORTSMOUTH NORTH


"I think the creative projects The Foundation has enables young people and older to imagine an alternative future and how important it is. We have to keep hope, we have to remember our shared humanity." - PROFESSOR AUDREY OLSTER - PATRON


"We absolutely congratulate you for 15 years of operation, born out of the sadness of Steve's death. The Foundation has accomplished great things in pursuing a goal close to Steve's heart - the achievement of every child's right to a quality education wherever they live in the world." - DANIEL KEBEDE - GENERAL SECRETARY (NEU)


"Through our 2021 partnership with The Steve Sinnott Foundation, the Cima Community School now has a Learning Resource Centre with a library and a computer lab. The lab does not benefit our students alone as it is accessible to other students throughout Haiti. These students can connect at weekends and link together to learn English - all because of you! We have also been able to distribute the Positive Periods project to reach more than 15,000 girls and women."  - GABRIELLE AUREL - HAITI


"We have built a great partnership with the Steve Sinnott Foundation and the projects have made a real difference in The Gambia for both students and educators. There is still much work to do." - MARIE ANTONETTE - THE GAMBIA


"Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 15 years and come together to celebrate this year. Please remember to tell 3 people about our work!" - ANN BEATTY - CEO

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Steve Sinnott • February 5, 2025

An Education Revolution

By Ann Beatty • April 6, 2025
This week while out and about in Hertfordshire and we visited the British Schools Museum. We discovered the first school opened by Joseph Lancaster, was known as the ‘Poor Childs Friend”, was in 1810. It was his lifelong mission that all children regardless of their circumstances, should benefit from an education. Apparently, Joseph heard a small girl say, “Oh that I could read!” and this inspired him to create a simple education system that eventually would benefit children across the world. Joseph was the tenth son of a poor man himself from South London. His aim was to offer free education for everyone. However, it would be 93 years before the U.K. government finally made education free for all. There are still many countries today where education is still not free to access and it is certainly not compulsory for primary and secondary age pupils. Joseph’s mission really resonates with that of the Foundation, to support access to education for all. We enjoyed our visit and appreciated the tour given by two of the Museum’s volunteers, Angela and Clare. They described some of the challenges faced in the early years of formal education and shared some of the rules that teachers and students had to abide by with us. 

Sparks Bristol

By Ann Beatty • April 4, 2025
Sparks Bristol is a collaborative community project initially envisioned by The Global Goals Centre, (GGC) more of which below. A few years ago, GGC took over an empty Marks and Spencer store and that’s how Sparks was born. Sparks is a department store with a difference, co-created by Global Goals Centre and Artspace Lifespace. On the ground floor is a huge range of shops, installations, events and more. Upstairs is a hub for local artists, it offers affordable studios as well as rehearsal and performance space. The Global Goals Centre is a Bristol-based educational charity inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGs). GGC believe the SDG’s or Global Goals as they are sometimes known, can be reached, with imaginative solutions and widespread education and engagement. They work with partners to promote creative solutions and deliver ground breaking projects that work towards these ambitious goals. The Steve Sinnott Foundation supported the Global Goals Centre with seed funding when it first started over 5 years ago. This month we went to visit them to see how they are getting on and we were taken aback by the volume of work they have achieved since they started. It is amazing to see how though working together with other local community groups it has grown into the vibrant centre it is today. All of the creative projects they host are linked to the SDGs. They cover topics that tackle poverty, education, climate change, fashion recycling and upcycling, to name a few.

Spring is Here! Looking Ahead!

By Ann Beatty • March 28, 2025
Spring is definitely here, daffodils, blossom and crocuses are all basking in the bright sunshine. There is still a chill in the air in the shade but it's happening and all the seeds that were sown over the last few months are coming to fruition. At the Foundation, we have been planning the year ahead and our Positive Periods and Prevention of Gender Based Violence programmes got underway this weekend in Haiti and Ghana. These projects will have a long-lasting effect on the lives of the women and girls who take part: tackling the root causes of gender-based violence and enabling girls to attend school every day when they have their period, to feel safe at school and know how to take action when they are faced with violence. These are the first of many projects planned for the year ahead as we continue to work towards Education for All children everywhere.