About us

Our vision is to change the world with creative Catholic content.

About us

Who we are

Ten Ten Resources is a family-run, award-winning creative media company that uses story and drama to speak to hearts and minds.

Originally founded by siblings Clare and Martin O’Brien as a theatre-in-education company, Ten Ten Resources has grown into a leading provider of online resources for Catholic schools and beyond. Our comprehensive programmes for Relationships, Sex and Health Education, PSHE and Prayer and Liturgy are used in over 80% of Catholic schools in England and Wales.

Our name ‘Ten Ten’ comes from the Scripture passage John 10:10:

I have come that you may have life, life to the full.

About us

What we do

Our mission is to nurture spiritual growth, personal development and social responsibility by sharing inspiring, creative content through a Catholic lens.

With story and drama at the heart of what we do, we seek to engage, inform, support and equip all who use our resources – from children and young people to teachers and parents.

Through our work, we invite everyone to discover the fullness of life that God offers us in the person of Jesus Christ.

About us

Our Values

Respect  for each person created and loved by God
Trust in who we are and in who God is
Fidelity to our Catholic lens
Integrity in how we share our vision
Inclusivity through striving to engage with everyone
Humility in serving, not being served
Excellence in everything
Generosity towards everyone
Wise Collaboration and a spirit of partnership

The Core Team

The Ten Ten team comprises permanent members of staff who run the core operations and a wide variety of creative freelancers who work with us on a regular basis or on one-off projects. This is our Core Team:

Anna Bailey

Anna Bailey

Programme Manager, Prayer & Liturgy

Natalie Douglass

Natalie Douglass

Finance Assistant

Lizzie Hastings

Lizzie Hastings

Twilight Session Trainer

Mairi Hutton

Mairi Hutton

Staff Writer and Creative Producer

Rod Isaacs

Rod Isaacs

Director of Ethos

Xavier Javier

Xavier Javier

Video Content Creator

Kathy Kielty

Kathy Kielty

Graphic Designer

Edith Kirkwood

Edith Kirkwood

Director of Content

Zuzana Komendova

Zuzana Komendova

Digital Editor

Clare O’Brien

Clare O’Brien

Founder and Director

Martin O’Brien

Martin O’Brien

Founder and Director

Nicola Sweetman

Nicola Sweetman

Programme Manager, Life to the Full

Therese Workman

Therese Workman

Staff Writer

Our core programmes

Ten Ten strives for innovation and excellence. We are always improving our resources and developing new work.

Here are the core programmes we run.

Prayer and Liturgy – Primary

Through a wide variety of media-rich resources, this subscription supports teachers and facilitates pupils in leading times of prayer in diverse and creative ways, with the goal of helping them to know and love Jesus.

Prayer and Liturgy – Secondary

A brand new subscription programme for secondary schools offered free of charge for 2024-25. This will include a series of Year of Jubilee assemblies that will support pupils in their faith and encourage them to live it out.

Life to the Full

Life to the Full – Primary

A fully-resourced curriculum scheme of work for Relationships and Health Education (RHE) in England and Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in Wales. Approved by Catholic dioceses across the country, the programme includes all pupils and families, and presents the core belief that each of us is created, chosen and loved by God.

Life to the Full Plus

Life to the Full Plus – Primary

An add-on subscription to Life to the Full for primary schools, which fully integrates the PSHE/Health and Wellbeing curriculums for England and Wales. An exciting programme of creative, media-rich content with built-in activities and assessments.

Life to the Full

Life to the Full – Secondary

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) that fulfils all the statutory requirements while presenting a Catholic vision for human sexuality that is accessible, inclusive and engaging for young people. Fully resourced through high-quality video content, varied activities and lesson plans.

CPD

From Onboarding Staff to live Parent Sessions, the Impact of Al to Staffroom Shorts, Preparing for Inspection to the latest Government RSHE guidelines, from 1 August 2024 our comprehensive CPD Package will be free of charge to all schools that subscribe to Life to the Full or Prayer and Liturgy.

RE Deep Dive

New for 2024-25, a masterclass series for RE teachers in primary and secondary schools on the new Religious Education Directory.

What Teachers Say:

"You have taken all the fear out of planning and delivering the new SRE curriculum with such high-quality and user-friendly materials"

Headteacher

St Aidan's, Croydon

"The Y5/Y6 children love Paradise Street. It seems that by using the same age children in the films, the children in the classes are able to easily identify with them. This has meant embarrassment has been got over really quickly and some really mature discussions have taken place. "

Kim Oliver

St John's Catholic Primary School, Cornwall

"We showed Year 11 the Birth Control session today. It was brilliant. I'm not being funny, but it really helps that the couple you interviewed are normal! The kids really could see that 'normal' people are making positive choices about chastity and family life. Really good. "

Rachel Brookes

St Bede’s and St Joseph’s College, Bradford

"I just wanted to feedback my thanks for the ongoing high-quality resources you provide from which to base assemblies and worship. They are a great support. "

Richard Sanderson

St Osmund’s Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

"We find your resources for prayer and liturgy excellent quality, easily accessible, engaging, relevant to the mission of our school and appropriate to the Sunday Gospel. Thank you for all you do to provide such quality resources every week. "

Claire Dickinson

The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, London

"We met with our primary and secondary RSE Coordinators this week and the feedback on Ten Ten Resources was really positive! "

Trisha Hedley

Secondary RE Adviser, Diocese of Westminster

"We enjoy using the Life To The Full Programme to teach our RSHE curriculum as it is an excellent resource with content that the children relate to and engage with. The curriculum is carefully planned out and easy to follow and monitor which has helped reduce staff workload. We have found it comforting to know that not only are we teaching a curriculum that is compliant with statutory guidelines but one that holds our Catholic faith at its core. "

Maggie Gourlay

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Alcester

"CPD: Really useful information interspersed with the videos with real life experiences. Good for my experienced staff to learn more and be reassured of the already good practice that goes on and a fantastic training session for my new non-Catholic staff."