We believe in an Ireland where every family and child is respected and cherished equally.
We have been working with one-parent families for over 50 years. We provide a range of direct services to parents and children, along with campaigning and advocating for legislative and social change to deliver true equality for all families.
We provide a range of direct supports for parents who are parenting alone, sharing parenting or parenting through separation.
We provide specialist, professional training and development for those who work with one-parent families.
We provide a variety of non-judgement, confidential counselling services for those dealing with an unplanned or crisis pregnancy and for those parenting alone or sharing parenting.
One Family are leaders in a child-centred, best-practice approach for those parenting alone, sharing parenting or parenting through separation. We have hundreds of advice articles to offer support and guidance when dealing with specific issues.
We run Ireland’s only employability programme, New Futures, uniquely designed for lone parents who wish to return to education or work but are not sure where to start.
Due to societal and structural inequalities, one-parent families are more vulnerable to poverty, family homelessness and deprivation.
We campaign on a variety of issues impacting one-parent families, including income inequality, child poverty, family law reform and more.
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One Family Statement: Energy Crisis 10th March 2026 We are deeply concerned at the rapid rise in energy prices as a result of the war in Iran. One-parent families are still experiencing the impacts of inflation rises and the cost-of-living crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine in 2022. 46% of one-parent families are living […]
For immediate release – Monday 20th October Lone parents are prevented from equally accessing higher education, due to systemic barriers and insufficient financial supports, thereby negatively impacting on their long-term employment. “Education first? Lone parents’ lived experience of the challenges and benefits of participating in Higher Education” by Dr Fiona Dukelow (UCC), Dr Margaret […]
Tuesday 7th October 2025 For immediate release One Family welcomes the announcement of some evidence-based, targeted measures in Budget 2026, but highlights missed opportunities from government to deliver all actions needed to tackle child poverty and family homelessness. Strategic increases to the Child Support Payment and expansion of Fuel Allowance to those in receipt of the […]
Lone parents from One Family’s Advocacy Project highlighted multiple, intersecting barriers that are negatively contributing to child poverty and well-being. Housing, childcare and access to social welfare payments were all highlighted by parents as critical issues that need urgent action if child poverty levels are to be reduced. “I’m a working-class single parent and I really feel we are completely forgotten about” – Shauna*, lone parent of […]
75% of programme graduates progress into further education or employment For immediate release – Wednesday 20th August 2025 One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating is looking for lone parents across Ireland who want to take the first step to change their life. The next term of New Futures is starting in September 2025 and One Family are looking […]
75% of programme graduates progress into further education or employment For immediate release – Monday 18th August 2025 One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating is looking for lone parents across Ireland who want to take the first step to change their life. The next term of the New Futures Employability Programme is starting in September 2025 with in-person classes in Dublin […]
One Family and Treoir backed FLAC’s call for the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill 2025 to be amended to delete its proposals to remove the entitlement of people who are divorced or separated to a survivors’ pensions if their former partner dies (such entitlement has been in place for almost 20 years). Collectively, we are strongly […]
The National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) has outlined essential actions government must take to address child poverty and the high deprivation levels experienced by one-parent families in Budget 2026. With one-parent families continuing to experience disproportionate rates of poverty and social exclusion, NOPFA’s budget asks are practical, evidence-based solutions to improve financial stability […]
One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, has warned the rise in poverty rates in lone-parent families show Government policies designed to tackle poverty are failing. The warning comes as the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2024 confirms a pattern of consistent deprivation in one-parent families, rising to 46.3%. Once again, in 2024, the CSO Survey identified single-adult households with children under 18, as the most impacted families in Ireland.
One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, has warned the rise in poverty rates in lone-parent families show Government policies designed to tackle poverty are failing. The warning comes as the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2024 confirms a pattern of consistent deprivation in one-parent families, rising to 46.3%. Once again, in 2024, the CSO Survey identified single-adult households with children under 18, as the most impacted families in Ireland.
