SATRO Impact Report 2019

Managing Director’s
Introduction
On behalf of SATRO, I am very pleased to be able to present our
annual Impact Report for the academic year ending August 2019.
SATRO’s vision is to inspire young people to improve their understanding
of STEM subjects and Construction, allow them to gain experience of
Employability Skills and to provide opportunities to challenge their
perceptions of future careers. We achieve this by delivering hands-on
workshops, events, challenges, work placements, mentoring and vocational
qualifications. These are led by SATRO Tutors and Associates and involve
volunteers from both industry and our local community.
Our work this year stretched across Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire,
Sussex, Hampshire and into the west London Boroughs. We work with
students from primary school age to young adults, across all ability
ranges and provide specific programmes for those with a disadvantage
in life. We offer our programmes to all students regardless of their
circumstance, allowing each an equal opportunity to learn and be
inspired. As such we work in mainstream and special needs schools, pupil
referral units and the independent sector. With the latter we collaborate to
ensure shared ‘give back’ to the wider work of SATRO in the state sector.
As SATRO operates with no local or central government funding and are
witness to the ongoing squeeze on school budgets, we increasingly value
the generosity of our funders and corporate sponsors. We pride ourselves in
working collaboratively with those that support us through our volunteering
scheme, gifts-in-kind and their corporate social responsibility schemes.
We believe that this report will demonstrate our reach, will give you an
opportunity to read about the impact we make and allow you to appreciate
the achievements of the students we have the pleasure to work with every
day.
Thank you to the students, teachers, parents, funders, volunteers, associates
and our amazing staff team for making 2018-19 such a success.
Anne Edward, SATRO Managing Director
SATRO
Values:
Inspire to Educate
Enthuse Young People
Challenge and Innovate
Partner for Sustainability
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