Looking forward to 2023

Welcome to 2023!

Let’s start the year with hope, ambition for change and inspiration to get involved in building a better world.


In 2023 we follow the theme of making change, this time asking young people to think about how they might improve their education. We set the challenge - Change Makers Speak out: the school I want to live in. We are asking schools to encourage students to discuss and offer their creative ideas for education of the future, by the 1st of March to be published in Engage 26 Find out more and register here.


Continuing our access to learning with our Life Long Learning webinars – book now here.


We are expanding the gender based violence (GBV) training to Cape Verde and Senegal.


Following on from the other resource centres we have set up in Nepal, The Gambia and Haiti, we are now setting up the learning resource centre in Sierra Leone.


After the success of the digital classroom in The Gambia, and seeing the profound difference it makes to students to open up access to the rest of the world, improving their learning and attendance, we are setting up another there.


Continuing to support our colleagues in Haiti with the mother tongue literacy classes, we are going to support the sharing of local stories and books published in The Gambia and Sierra Leone.


Our positive periods training will continue to be replicated as requested.



Join us


We would like to reach out and ask you to help us, by sharing our stories and working with us to take action.


There are some things that should never be left to chance in life and striving to achieve quality education for all of the world’s children is one.” Steve Sinnott

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Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and successful year ahead.



Steve Sinnott • January 2, 2023
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 ๐Ÿ“… Deadline: 5th September 2025โ  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? โ  Your words could uplift, empower and be seen by many. Let your story inspire the world! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’กโ  Good luck and we cant wait to read all the entries!
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
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.