SATRO Impact Report 2019

Contents
Chair’s Statement Howard Railton 2
Managing Director’s Introduction Anne Edward 3
What We Do and Why Anne Edward 4
One Day Activities
– Primary and Secondary Giorgia Burgess 5-6
Cross School Challenges Rebekah Fowler 7
TeenTech Surrey Rebekah Fowler 8
Mobile Construction Classrooms Rebecca Jones 9
Mentoring Mo Forgan 10
STEM Research Work Placements Paula Watts 11
Partnerships Carl Webb 12
Volunteers and Supporters Rebekah Fowler 13
Looking Forward Anne Edward 14
Our Sponsors Amanda Croft-Pearman 15
Turnover:
£621,746
93%
Spent on charitable
activities
Chairman’s
Statement
I am pleased to report that we are continuing to successfully
deliver the outstanding events that have marked SATRO as
a charity delivering real impact in the STEM education and
careers sector. We have, however, seen real pressure from
the budgets available to schools and the general challenges of
fundraising in the current climate. SATRO continues to be very
fortunate to have strong and long-lasting relationships with
our funders and I would like to thank them for their continued
and hugely valuable support.
As we came to the end of the year, we made changes within the organisation
to reflect these challenges. This has included improvement to our
programmes and the recruitment of a STEM tutor to extend and develop
our delivery to schools. At the same time, we also reviewed our own budget
constraints by addressing our core staffing and overhead costs. We were
therefore very pleased when Anne Edward stepped up to take the role
of Managing Director to lead SATRO with a strong background in STEM,
educational charities and management. Trustees have taken an active role
in ensuring we remain both relevant and cost effective in the pursuit of our
charitable objectives.
The changes have had an immediate and positive impact on the performance
of the charity and ensured the long-term continuance of the amazing work
being done by our staff, associates and volunteers. I would like to thank every
one of them for their hard work and effort. Without them, SATRO could not
deliver any of the wonderful and exciting things that we do.
Howard Railton, SATRO Chairman
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