The five-year 'Linking Families and Communities' project by STEP supports families from ethnic minority communities with a child aged 12 or under in the Mid Ulster council area and Armagh city area strengthen their connections to the wider community and services. Project partners include SHSCT, Dungannon and Coalisland Surestart, Vineyard Church Reach Programme, St Vincent de Paul Cookstown, Parenting NI, Mid Ulster Women's Aid, Traveller Education Support Services and Magherafelt District Advice Service.