Informative and engaging articles from across the Race Equality Foundation, as well as external contributions.
Make Health Equals Campaign in Manchester: Reflections from a Mancunian
Nicole Greene, Communications and Influencing Manager As a born and bred Mancunian who moved to London over three years ago, there’s nothing quite like going home. Most people who have moved away [...]
Netflix ‘Daughters’ Documentary Provides Hope and Heartbreak for Fathers in Prison
Private screening of 'Daughters', with directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton Release date: 9 August 2024 (UK) Distributed by: Netflix Earlier this [...]
Collaborating with the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN) to Deliver our Strengthening Families and Strengthening Communities and Reducing Parental Conflict Programmes
Partnering with local organisations across the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector is crucial for the success of our Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) programme and its extension, the SFSC: Stronger Relationships [...]
Mission Drive Government: What does this mean in practice for Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic Britons?
A ‘mission driven government’ with a long-term plan will be a welcome change from the recent experience of the development of ten-year plans for mental health, dementia and cancer, amongst others, abandoned [...]
Exploring ethnic and racial disparities in maternal care talk at Royal Holloway
Last week, Tracey Bignall, Director of Policy & Engagement, spoke at Royal Holloway University to discuss racial injustice in maternity services. In 2022, Tracey was part of an expert panel leading [...]
Making the Most of Summer: Guiding Your Child Through Rites of Passage
As the end of term looms, parents might be struggling for ideas to fill the six weeks holiday. However, the ten rites of passage within the Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities curriculum contain [...]
Reframing Healthcare Inequality as a Priority This General Election
On Thursday, 4th July, the nation will head to the polling stations to decide the next government. After a turbulent 14 years under Conservative rule, marked by complexities ranging from Brexit to [...]
Supporting Fathers Without Access Around Father’s Day
Father's Day can be particularly challenging for fathers who have limited or no access to their children. These fathers often struggle with feelings of loss and frustration, yearning to be involved in [...]
A Male Perspective on the SFSC: Stronger Relationships Programme
A Male Perspective on the SFSC: Stronger Relationships Programme As Father's Day approaches, we focus on the essential role fathers can play in their children's lives and spoke with two dedicated male [...]
Articulating Intergenerational Trauma – Kiah Bignall
Since February 2023, the Race Equality Foundation has collected UK-based evidence on the experiences of trauma, racism, and trauma-informed care among Black, Asian, and minority ethnic individuals. This work has been commissioned [...]
Addressing Health Inequalities: Year Three Reflections of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance
The third year of our funding cycle with the Health and Wellbeing Alliance came to an end early spring. Managed by the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security [...]
Gathering of our Parent Advisory Group: Reflecting on the Together Study
Earlier this month, our Parent Advisory Groups came together to reflect on the transformative journey of the Together study led by UCL. Since its inception in 2019, many of the parents in [...]
A guide for facilitators: Delivering SFSC in community languages
SFSC is an inclusive parenting programme designed for families from all ethnic, cultural and spiritual backgrounds. Having diverse groups is an ideal opportunity to develop understanding and cohesion within multicultural communities. However [...]
Is it time for Time Out? Exploring Time Out as a discipline strategy
Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities (SFSC) has always considered the ways that ‘time out’ might be implemented in different situations and is sensitive to the needs of children and families. Training always allows [...]
Tamym’s story: Lifechanging experience attending a SFSC course
We sat down with Tamym, a father who completed the 13-week Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities (SFSC) programme. His attendance was due to his wife signing him up, however, he was was initially [...]
Running to boost families and break the inequality cycle
Celestine Agbo is running this year’s London Marathon for the Race Equality Foundation Celestine is a great supporter and advocate of the Race Equality Foundation's work. He was part of the original [...]
Mu’minah Iqbal: racism and trauma project update
Mu’minah Iqbal, Policy and Practice Research Assistant, is helping to deliver the Race Equality Foundation racism and trauma project, in partnership with the charity Barnardo’s. The project's focus is on the impact [...]
Rachel Duncan: Fathers Together study update
The Fathers Together study has recently hit a major milestone: finishing data collection across our five prisons! We are one step closer to developing a parenting programme to promote wellbeing for [...]
Uncovering experiences with end of life care
Dr Jamilla Hussain, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Senior Research Fellow at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, talks about Uncovering: A community-led effort in Bradford [...]
Chantel Antoine: supporting families to help end youth violence
Chantel Antoine, is a Programme Officer at the Race Equality Foundation, working with parents of older children who are at risk of becoming involved in violence and crime. Her parenting programme aims [...]
Maryam Chowdhry: enhancing relationships in a community language
Maryam Chowdhry, one of the newest members of the Strengthening Families team, has recently started delivering an SFSC programme to a group of Urdu speaking mums in Battersea, London. Group work in [...]
Bernadette Rhoden: SFSC addressing serious youth violence
Fundamentals that underpin SFSC Tackling serious youth violence necessitates a holistic approach to address root causes and promote community engagement, education, and support systems for vulnerable young people, including parents. Everything we [...]
Advancing racial equality through evidence and collaboration
Throughout the past year, the Race Equality Foundation raised its voice against injustice and inequality impacting ethnic minority communities in Britain In 2023, the Race Equality Foundation made impactful strides towards justice [...]
Eva Morrison: Race Equality and Strengthening Families
In this blog, Eva Morrison, Communications and Influencing Manager at Race Equality Foundation, outlines how the innovative parenting programme Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities helps to address racial inequities in public services [...]
Taking part in a SFSC Stronger Relationships course
In this interview, Dominic Sterling, who participated in one of our 6-week SFSC: Stronger Relationships Programme courses, talks about what it was like to take part in a course. Motivated by a [...]
