What is an SFC school group?
An SFC school group is a Smartphone Free Childhood WhatsApp group for your school, set up by anyone who wants to start making change in their school community. The SFC school groups live in their SFC regional community, so that they can receive updates from SFC HQ, and see what other schools are listed to avoid duplication. Members of the school group can also choose to be part of the regional SFC community chat group if they want to – but this is entirely optional.


How do I use it?
SFC school groups are primarily intended to be gathering places for the like-minded parents in your school community, where you can connect with the other parents in your child’s peer group who are also delaying smartphones, and feel a sense of community and solidarity in that decision. You can also use it to communicate about any SFC-related meetings or events at your school. 

The school groups are private spaces – SFC HQ and our regional leaders do not enter your school groups, but you will get updates from HQ via the community announcements.




How to start an SFC WhatsApp group for your school in your regional community: 01. Open WhatsApp  

02. Tap the Communities tab  

03. Tap a community, then tap ‘Add group’  

04. Tap ‘Create new group’  
 
05. Enter the group name and description  

06. Tap ‘Add’  

07. We recommend changing the group settings to ‘Approve new members’, so that your group is private and only those approved by an admin can join





How to add an existing SFC school WhatsApp group to your regional WhatsApp community:01. Go to the Communities tab  

02. Select a community

03. Tap Add group, then tap Add existing groups  

04. Check the boxes next to the group you want to add 

05. Tap Add 

06. We recommend changing the group settings to ‘Approve new members’, so that your group is private and only those approved by an admin can join






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