Director of One Family, Karen Kiernan and EBS’s Aidan Power, awarded €1,000 to Edenmore Day Care Nursery, Dublin 5. All of the children who attend the nursery,  their parents and nursery staff took part in the ‘Big Night In’ campaign  run  by One Family and EBS to mark UN International Day of The Family and raise money for askonefamily, One Family’s national helpline. Edenmore Day Care Nursey submitted a photograph from their Messy play Day event and were randomly selected as the winners of the €1,000 prize money. One Family would like to thank everyone who joined with us in celebrating families this year.

Quiz Night @ Odessa Club

13 Dame Court, Dublin 2

July 27 @ 7.45

€15 per person and 4 people to a team.

Call to book today: 01-6629212  or  email: aokeeffe@onefamily.ie

Loads of great prizes and always great craic. Great way to spend a Tuesday night, and all in a good cause.

After our last successful night in Odessa Club in April we are holding another brain busting night to keep all you quiz enthusiasts content. Please help to spread the word by letting your friends know about our charity night.

Proceeds in aid of our Askonefamily National Helpline 1890-66 22 12.  Check us out on Facebook.

We really appreciate both your physical and fundraising efforts. Although it was a wet day the turn out was fantastic. Everyone made it to the finish line safely and a little soggy. Nothing a good cup of tea and a hot bath didn’t cure.  So thank you!

There were 40,397 official participants this year with a smattering of people who did not get a chance to register in time and men dressed in dubious costumes. This is the marathon’s 28^th year and it is going from strength to strength. The race remains the biggest of its kind in the world, with double the numbers of similar events in the UK and the USA. It is also the biggest single day charity event in the country. We truly appreciate you for choosing One Family as your charity of choice. Words can’t fully express how much your fundraising means to us. You all have a lot to be proud of! Some of those that started off from One Family on the day can be seen below.

What: Volunteer event committee recruitment for this year’s “Learn How to Have a Champagne Party on a Bucks Fizz Budget” charity event.

Why: This is an exciting opportunity to get involved with what has been a very successful annual charity event. This year for the first time we are putting together an event committee of people who would volunteer their time to assist with the creation and roll out of November’s event, in areas like logistics, charity auction & raffle and ticket sales.

Why: To actively assist with an established charity event in aid of One Family, Ireland’s leading support organization for people who are parenting alone or sharing parenting and their children.

We are happy to say that Ross Golden Bannon (Editor of Food&Wine Magazine) will be working closely with us on this event as he has done in the past.

Call with any questions to Adrian Tel: 01-662 9212. Or email aokeeffe@onefamily.ie

The latest installment of our regular quiz night at Odessa Club is scheduled for 27 April. Get a table of four together to compete for some wonderful prizes – or come along alone and we’ll fix you up with a team. It’s only €15 a head, they serve great food and drink there and funds raised go towards our askonefamily* helpline. To book your place, call us 01 6629212 or email aokeeffe@onefamily.ie. Odessa Club is at 13 Dame Court, Dublin 2

Designers John Rocha and Louise Kennedy lend their Support for One Family’s Labels of Love Designer Clothes Sale

If you want to pick up a bargain from designers such as John Rocha and Louise Kennedy and support the chairty One Family at the same time – drop into the Labels of Love designer clothes sale at Boston College, 42 St Stephen’s Green on Friday 19 February from 5pm to 7pm for after work shoppers, and on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st from 9am to 6pm.

Besides the kind gifts from desginers, hundreds of Irish women have donated their ‘pre-loved’ boutique and designer pieces and all proceeds go towards the One Family helpline which offers support and advice to one-parent families.

If you too want to de-clutter your wardrobe and donate clothes to the sale, simply drop off unwanted clothes at your nearest Curves fitness club before Thursday 18 February. Log onto www.curves.com or call 1800 932 800 now to find your nearest club.

Click for details (PDF file)

H.E. Italian Ambassador Mr. Valerio Augusto Astraldi, Senator David Norris, Mr. Aldo Aletti, President, Club di Dublino and Ms. Karen Kiernan, Director, One Family. Picture: Finbarr O'Rourke

Club di Dublino – an Italian business community association formed to promote friendship within the Italian community in Ireland and between the Italian and Irish people –  chose One Family to be the recipient of monies raised at their annual fundraising dinner which was held at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 22 October last. The guest speaker at the event was Senator David Norris and the Honorary President of Club di Dublino, H.E., Italian Ambassador Mr Valerio Augusto Astraldi, was guest of honour.

For the photographs of the evening, please take a look here.

See the press release here.