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Training | New Professional Development Workshops in Sligo and Limerick

October 26, 2016 in /by

One Family is pleased to announce two new half-day workshops for professionals who work with families, parents and/or children: 1. Supporting Families in Conflict-Reducing Communication. This workshop explores how to build skills to support parents in practicing clear and direct communication in relation to common family dilemmas; using a non-violent communication framework; identifying communications styles; understanding the connection […]

Press Release | Budget 2017 – Partial Reversals of OFP Reforms Welcomed but it is Not Enough

October 11, 2016 in /by

Press Release Budget 2017 – One Family Welcomes Partial Reversals of OFP Reforms New Government has made a start but it is not yet enough (Dublin, Tuesday 11 October 2016) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – welcomes the announcements of improved childcare supports, the €5 increases to […]

Press Release | Clear Message for Minister Varadkar and Budget 2017 – New NUIG report into what works for lone parents

September 29, 2016 in /by

 Press Release Clear Message for Minister Varadkar and Budget 2017 – How to Support Lone Parents Out of Poverty and into Employment. New NUIG report into what works for lone parents and activation backs up what One Family has been saying for years. (Dublin, Thursday 29 September 2016) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people […]

Statement | One Family’s Response to Minister Varadkar’s Statement on Lone Parents and Educational Supports

August 24, 2016 in /by

Statement One Family’s Response to Minister Varadkar’s Statement on Lone Parents and Educational Supports One Family is disappointed to read Minister Varadkar’s statement of 17 August 2016 in relation to lone parents accessing education.  While the Minister has correctly outlined a number of supports currently available to people parenting alone, the statement fails to recognise some […]

Press Release | Lone Parents Thwarted by Systemic Barriers to Accessing Education

August 8, 2016 in /by

Press Release Lone Parents Thwarted by Systemic Barriers to Accessing Education Improving access to education and employment for parents will lead to ending child poverty. (Dublin, Monday 8 August 2016) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – again calls on Government to remove the systemic barriers to education […]

Training | Enrolment Now Open for Options Courses

July 28, 2016 in /by

We are happy to announce that enrolment is now open for the Options part-time programmes run by One Family in co-operation with Ballsbridge College of Further Education. Options programmes are free of charge and specifically designed for those parenting alone or sharing parenting. If you are looking to get back into the workplace and/or further education after a gap, or for […]

Press Release | Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Launched Today

July 4, 2016 in /by

Press Release Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Launched Today One Family will finally capture the reality for thousands of parents and children in Ireland who are not recognised (Dublin, Monday 4th July 2016) Today One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – launches the first National Survey on […]

Training | Free Continuing Professional Development Opportunity – Last Remaining Places

June 17, 2016 in /by

One Family is offering a unique opportunity to avail of free professional development training which normally costs €400. One Family has almost 45 years experience working with one-parent families, people sharing parenting, and separating. From 22-24 June, we will facilitate our three-day Positive Parenting for Changing Families programme in Dublin and, as the HSE Dublin South […]

Training | Stronger Families EU Conference

June 15, 2016 in /by

Across Europe, more and more one-parent families are living in poverty. One Family is proud to collaborate as part of Stronger Families EU, a pioneering new Europe-wide initiative to help parents improve their skills and/or progress to employment. The project is a partnership between four long-established lone parent support organisations: APERIO (Czech Republic), Intermedia (Italy), One Family […]