Shopping fundraiser – for lockdown shopping
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The pandemic may have changed our shopping habits forever. At the moment we can’t shop the way we used to and right now everything has to be bought online. This has opened up a new experience for many and for others it has changed the way they do business.
Buying online is a different shopping experience in many ways. We can’t browse, touch, hold, meander around and see what takes our fancy. In some ways buying online is more efficient on our budget too, because browsing in shops is evidenced to make us buy more.
Of course, online shopping saves us time, we don’t have to travel, we Google just what we are looking for. But how do we know what we are looking for? If we are not browsing in a real space, what is influencing us to think about what we might want to buy?
One thing that is a loss to many people is not being able to buy from charity shops right now. The joy of browsing in a charity shop is that you don’t know what you are likely to discover. Many of the larger ones have been able to go online though: Oxfam, Age UK, Cancer Research UK, British Red Cross, The Air Ambulance Services, and more all have online shops now. Some of the smaller ones have been able to open an eBay store.
But something we may not realise is that shopping online in many of the large commercial stores has a very real and tangible benefit for charities too.
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That you can easily support us every time you buy something on-line?
As you can imagine, all charities are finding fundraising challenging right now, at a time when more people than ever need the support that they offer. If like us, you want to ensure that all children everywhere have access to quality education then we hope you will love these opportunities to help us without ever spending any more of your own money.
There are two fantastic ways that offer the possibility to make a micro-donation to us every time that you shop on-line.
Firstly, we wanted to let you know that The Steve Sinnott Foundation are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations to support access to education every time you shop online. Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! These are just a few of the retailers who are part of the scheme:
These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment.
You can find our easyfundraising page here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stevesinnott/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_content=gs-e1
Secondly, we have registered our charity with Amazon Smile. It’s very easy, you just need to place your normal order at smile.amazon.co.uk using your regular amazon account and select Steve Sinnott Foundation as the charity you wish to support.
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Every little really does help. Even if you only raise £20 through your online shopping, if you multiply that by the number of people who want to achieve Education for All Children Everywhere, then that will be an awful lot of fundraising and with that we can make even more of a difference.
If, or rather, when you find yourself shopping on-line then you have the opportunity to do good at the same time at no additional cost to yourself. That’s what we can all call a win win!
What are you waiting for? Get on-line & sign up to make free donations whilst you shop that help children everywhere access education today.
Thank you so much!
The Steve Sinnott Foundation • February 1, 2021
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!
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
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.
