Informative and engaging articles from across the Race Equality Foundation, as well as external contributions.
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 [...]
Being involved in Fathers Together
by Kevin, Fathers Together study The Fathers Together project is looking at how to better support young fathers in prison and their families, and specifically develop a parenting programme. I believe it's very [...]
Tracey Bignall: Promoting Equality of Healthcare Services for Ethnic Minorities with Learning Disabilities and Autism in the UK
The Importance of Promoting Equality of Healthcare Services for Ethnic Minorities with Learning Disabilities and Autism in the UK Healthcare equality is a fundamental principle of any just and inclusive society. [...]
Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems to facilitate end-of life-care decision-making
By Professor Jonathan Koffman Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCS) to facilitate end-of life-care decision-making: What is the evidence that their potential benefits [...]
Meet one of our delivery partners: Somali Youth Development Resource Centre (SYDRC)
Here, we shine a spotlight on one of our delivery partner organisations, Somali Youth Development Resource Centre (SYDRC). They are among the first to deliver the 13-week in-person SFSC: Stronger Relationships Programme. See [...]
Campaigning for Racial Justice
Campaigning as an Alliance is crucial for Racial Justice In the ongoing battle for racial justice, the importance of collective action cannot be overstated. Discrimination based on race and ethnicity continues [...]
Public involvement in Fathers Together
by Tanya Tracey Public Involvement Lead, Fathers Together study My name is Tanya and I am really pleased to be leading on Public Involvement for the Fathers Together study, which is funded by [...]
Eleni Bloy: Healthy Relationships in Waltham Forest
Eleni Bloy shares her thoughts on the Foundation building 'Healthy Relationships' through SFSC in Waltham Forest. We have been delivering Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities (SFSC) in Waltham Forest since 2016 and [...]
Mu’minah Iqbal: Involving and engaging young people in coproduction
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 [...]
Joy Ohen: Thinking about the role of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities in school settings
Joy Ohen, Parent Programme Officer, has been delivering SFSC across South London for a number of years. Many of the venues that she has been using to deliver programmes have been schools. [...]
Jade Briant: Building the capacity of the voluntary and community sector to provide evidence based interventions
Jade Briant provides her insights into how the VCSE sector and community facilitators can be supported to deliver a structured, evidence based model like SFSC having worked in numerous boroughs across London [...]
Tracey Bignall: The importance of co-production for minority ethnic communities
In order to have a health and social care system that works for everyone in society, it's important to speak with, listen to, and design services that include everyone in society. Black, [...]
Christie Garner: What young people have told us about Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities
Over the last three years I have been leading some exciting research with over 20 young people to understand their experience of the Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities (SFSC) parenting programme. This work [...]
