Policy and Campaigns
- Carrying out quantitative and qualitative research on key areas affecting the lives and experiences of one-parent families which inform both our policy positions and our service development
- Monitoring and evaluating One Family services to ensure that practice informs policy and is evidence based and that services remain relevant to client’s needs
- Developing and promotiong policy positions in key policy areas.
- Lobbying for changes to improve the position of one-parent families in Ireland
- Carrying out campaigns in key areas where we believe change is most urgent
- Networking with other organisations in Ireland and internationally, in areas of common concern.
One Family Seminar:
Rights, Responsibilities and Children
A discussion of the Law Reform Commission report on legal aspects of family relationships
One Family Research on Child & Family Contact Centres in Ireland
Lone Parents and Employment:
What are the Real Issues?
One Family’s research report is the result of an analysis of the responses to a survey by a nationally representative sample of lone parents on the One Parent Family Payment, focussing on the issues facing them in trying to balance paid employment with their family’s needs. More.
One Family’s Major Survey of Lone Parents on the One-Parent Family Payment.
Handbook on using a human rights based approach to achieve Social Inclusion and Equality
This document was produced by the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland and One Family, supported by the Combat Poverty Agency, to support organisations working on issues of equality and social inclusion that wish to adopt a human rights-based approach to their work or to further develop their work in this area.
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Human Rights Booklet
Human Rights and One-Parent Families provides an introduction to international human rights conventions and how they can be used to advance the rights of one-parent families, particularly in relation to poverty and social exclusion.








