Race Equality Foundation - Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities

The SFSC parent programme is based on a strengths based ‘facilitative model’, which aims to raise the consciousness of parents. In addition, the curriculum aims to help families develop or promote: strong ethnic and cultural roots; positive parent-child relationships; a range of life skills; self esteem, self discipline and social competence; and an ability to access community resources. 

The SFSC Programme is the UK version of the US programme 'Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families: A Violence Prevention Programme'. The programme was originally developed by Dr Marilyn Steele and colleagues in the early 1990s. It has been adapted by Race Equality Foundation, working with parents and professionals and with the support of Dr Steele, to be deployed in the UK.

In this section:

• Information on the programme
• Development of the programme
• Training to facilitate the programme
• Information for trained facilitators
• Programme newsletters
• Frequently asked questions

See also:

• Young People’s film project
• Developing SFSC for parents with learning disabilities
• Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parent programme evaluation report - summary (265kb PDF file).
• Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parent programme evaluation report (712kb PDF file).
• Doing my best - The fifth annual conference of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities inclusive parent programme (10 July 2007).
• Informed Choices: Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Annual Conference (3 July 2006).