Entries by Comms

One Family CEO Karen Kiernan Appointed to ‘Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures’ Advisory Council

CEO of One Family, Karen Kiernan, has been appointed to the Advisory Council being established by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020. The Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA) requested nominations from its members with the appointments made by Paul Gilligan, Chair […]

10 Ways to Encourage Healthier Eating Habits

In this week’s ’10 Ways to’, our series of weekly parenting tips, we look at how to encourage children to eat more healthily. It is important for parents to instill healthy eating habits in children and, despite the fact that many children may opt for a biscuit rather than an apple if given the choice, […]

Water Allowances for Children of Parents Sharing Parenting

One Family made a submission to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and Irish Water regarding affordability and allowances, and highlighted the issue of allocating children’s water allowances when people are sharing parenting equally. The proposed children(s) allowance(s) and charging suggests that these allowance(s) are allocated to the recipient of the children’s allowance which is provided for […]

One Family Nice Bucket Challenge

Our CEO Karen was nominated by her son Cuán to do the Nice Bucket Challenge for One Family! How does it work?  Record your Nice Bucket Challenge, share it and nominate your friends or family members. They have 24 hours to record a video of them being drenched in NICE water – at room temperature […]

10 Ways to Support Your Child’s Sex Education

In this week’s ’10 Ways to’, our series of weekly parenting tips, we look at how to support your child’s sex education. Your role as a parent in your child’s education about relationships and sex is very important. Talking with your child about sex can be a fearful task for many parents but sex education […]