SFSC: Confident parents, happy children, healthy communities
This is the home of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities. If you are a parent or carer and are looking for access to a parenting programme, help with relationships or support with being a parent, then you are in the right place.
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Welcome to SFSC

 

About Us

This is the home of the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parent programme (SFSC). If you are a parent or carer and would like to access parenting programmes that help you manage relationships at home or support you being a parent, then you are in the right place.

SFSC courses are designed to support you to raise happy and successful children. Achieved through accessing the information and strategies for bringing up your children, managing your relationships, meeting with other parents and making sure your voice is heard. 

Ranging from group face-to-face sessions to online individual learning, our website will help you find the right programme for you, whilst also exploring written, audio and video resources to support you on your parenting journey.

About the programme

The Programmes

SFSC parenting courses are for all parents and carers, whether you have a newborn baby, young children or teenagers.

Our Stronger Relationships course explores paternal conflict for all co-parents, whether you live together or apart or if you have a parenting role such as grandparents and step-parents.

What do our programmes achieve?

SFSC parenting courses have been shown to improve both the confidence and relationships parents have with their children and other family members. Studies have shown that this course can help with:

  • Parental mental health and wellbeing
  • Parental sleep
  • Children wellbeing

Our Stronger Relationship courses can help you:

  • Understand how arguments start
  • Focus on the needs of your children 
  • Reduce the frequency and intensity of arguments.

Frequently asked questions

Have a question about one of our courses?

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What do we offer

Certificates

Certificates for completion of all courses

Experienced support team

Trained and supervised facilitators

Resources

Signposting to other organisations and expertise in a range of areas

What parents say

Hearing everyone's experience it made me realise that we are not alone on this journey of difficulty. Strengthening Families is the core to solving difficulties within society from our own communities in our homes. I have recommended to all my clients and friends that are parents. I really believe this can help some of the issues we are facing in society and in turn bring peace and harmony.

This course has been a transformative experience for our family. The practical tips and expert advice have helped us feel more confident in our parenting decisions, and the lessons are easy to apply in everyday life.

I’ve found it incredibly useful because there’s now more fun in the family, balance, I can think and react more rationally. It’s been incredible to find out how important modelling is – how can we tell her no iPad before bed when my husband was putting her to bed and still using his?.... I’m very thankful that I came.

I've never seen until today, such well structured course online and on the Zoom, it is brilliant. It can't be better than that!

From our blog

 

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25 Years of SFSC: Equity, inclusion, and lasting change for families and communities

Leandra Box reflects on the last 25 years of the SFSC programme In 1999, as an early career researcher at the Race Equality Unit (now the