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Dr. Lynn McDonald Speaks at United Nations

Posted by Pat Davenport on Monday, March 28, 2011

Lynn McDonald spoke about FAST at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Conference in Vienna.

Teddington School FAST Programme

Posted by Pat Davenport on Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Richard Weeks, Head of Teddington School, writes a blog reviewing each week and looking ahead to the one to come. In this week's blog, he writes about Teddington School's first night of the FAST Programme.

Scotland FAST in the news!

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"Cooking up Confidence" posted in the Herald Scotland Tuesday, October 15th, 2010 highlights the first ever FAST program in Scotland held at Linnvale Primary School.

Save the Children and FAST UK Joint Early Intervention Programme

Posted by Pat Davenport on Monday, May 24, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010 - Save the Children UK launched new parent strengthening programme partnership with Families and Schools Together (FAST)

Giving Children a Fair Chance in Life - Save the Children announces partnership with FAST in the UK

Posted by Pat Davenport, CEO on Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Giving Children a Fair Chance in Life - Save the Children announces partnership with FAST in the UK highlights a new initiative between UK FAST and Save the Children UK.

UK FAST Featured on Teacher TV!

Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, February 4, 2010

A primary school in Liverpool trials the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme, to see how links between communities and schools can affect children's welfare and education.

Dr. Lynn McDonald and FAST program featured in March edition of the PSW Professional Social Work newsletter

Posted by Pat Davenport on Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Dr. Lynn McDonald, the US founder of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme answers PSW's questions about an initiative now being piloted in London and Liverpool that draws on a range of research studies to support vulnerable and underprivileged families and children in leading more positive and fulfilled lives.

FAST Top Programme in the UK

Posted by on Tuesday, November 18, 2008

FAST assessed in top level, as 1 of 10 UK evidence based parenting programmes.

Good Practice: Examining What Works

Posted by Anne Gulland on Tuesday, November 18, 2008

In 2000, Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at Harvard University in the United States, published his book Bowling Alone to widespread acclaim. In it, Putnam described how Americans were becoming increasingly disconnected from their communities, using the metaphor of bowling. In the US people used to bowl in leagues but, increasingly, they are bowling alone - and this isolation has spread to all sectors of life.

Liverpool FAST Programme "Super" heroes

Posted by Aubrey Johnson on Monday, June 1, 2009

Read about how the FAST programme in Liverpool and hear from Program Coordinator, Elspeth Bromiley, and Certified FAST Trainer, Donetta Bracey.