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Education
Community Education as a support for Lone Parents
This research is a qualitative exploration of the power of community education to support lone parents to fulfill their potential in education, employment, and society.
Family Law
The Voice of the Child in Private Family Law Proceedings: A Comparative Review
This comparative review reports on the outcomes of a phase 1 of a research project being undertaken by the Child Law Clinic at University College Cork that will examine the effectiveness of arrangements for ascertaining the views of children in private family law proceedings in Ireland. This project was in collaboration with Children’s Rights Alliance and One Family.
Child Contact Centres
Child Contact Centre: Key Learnings
One Family’s response to the Evaluation with key learnings and recommendations for policy makers.
Child Contact Centre Evaluation 2013
Executive Summary – Summary of the evaluation of the Child Contact Centre’s performance and impact.
Child Contact Centre Evaluation 2013
An evaluation of the Child Contact Centre’s performance and impact and to identify key issues for future child contact service provision.
Research on Child Contact Centres in Ireland 2009
Qualitative research on the need for Child Contact Centres in Ireland.
Employment
Lone Parents and Employment: What Are The Real Issues?
Quantitative study of Lone Parents on the One Parent Family Payment.
One Family Employer Toolkit
Supported by the Equality Authority, the Toolkit promotes equality in the workplace, specifically retail businesses which has a high proportion of lone parents in employment.
In Transit? Research report documenting the lived experiences of one parent families who are in receipt of the Jobseekers Transitional Payment (JST).
University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, in association with One Family, produced new research documenting the lived experiences of Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JST) recipients.
Parenting
Parenting Survey 2017: Shared parenting in Ireland today
Research report on guidance on contact time for infants and young children in separated families
The research was conducted by Dr Simone Mc Caughren, Dr Stephanie Holt, Dr Aisling Parkes and Soma Gregory and was funded by the Late, Late Toy Show Appeal and Community Foundation of Ireland. The best practice guidelines were developed by One Family using the research findings.
Separating Well for Children – service model report
The Separating Well for Children Project (SWP) is a specialist support service for families who are in the process of separation or parenting post separation where conflict is challenging and has a detrimental impact on children. This service is funded by Tusla. This report evaluated delivery and effectiveness of the service model, with recommendations to increase delivery of service.
Other
This section includes recent research conducted by other individuals, institutions or organisations on issues relevant to people parenting alone or sharing parenting, many of which One Family contributed to. These reports are included here for information purposes; it does not necessarily imply endorsement.
Human rights , equality and one-parent families
One Family launched new guidelines for parents and public sector organisations on human rights and one-parent families. The guidelines give parents guidance on their rights and give public sector organisations a framework for protecting the human rights of one-parent families. Public sector organisations have an obligation to abide by the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty and ensure discrimination, if it does occur, is addressed promptly and transparently.