One Family Pre Budget 2012 Submission

MEDIA RELEASE: Budget 2012 must not create a poverty trap for Ireland’s Most Vulnerable Families and their children One Family, Ireland’s national organisation of one-parent families has launched its Pre-Budget Submission 2012. One Family recognises the pressures currently on the public finances but calls on Government to reframe its priorities in Budget 2012 to ensure […]

One Family Experts Train Bulgarians on Positive Parenting

Media Release 7 July 2011 Irish experts on parenting for one-parent families bring those skills to Bulgarian families at risk, free of charge One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, will train 20 Bulgarian NGO’s in Positive Parenting in Sofia from 11-13 July.  The training will prepare trainers to better support Bulgarian families in […]

10% increase in demand for Welfare to Work services for lone parents announced in One Family Annual Report

Media Release 30 June 2011 Following a HSE report earlier this week which found that over a third of women describe their pregnancy as a crisis pregnancy, One Family, the national organisation for one-parent families, announces a 10% increase in demand for its Welfare to Work services. The announcement is made in its 2010 Annual […]

Family Day enjoyed by hundreds of families at Iveagh Gardens

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE FAMILY CELEBRATED WITH FAMILY DAY PICNIC & FREE ENTERTAINMENT IN IVEAGH GARDENS PICNIC HELD BY ONE FAMILY AND EBS BUILDING SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE FAMILIES IN IRELAND Sunday 15th May, 2011 – Today is UN International Day of the Family, an annual celebration of the diversity of families and family life across […]

One Family responds to OECD report on children in poverty and stresses importance of Family Day 15 May

Media Release 28 April 2001: One Family responds to OECD report on children in poverty and stresses importance of Family Day 15 May The latest OECD report tells us about the wide range of family changes that are taking place across Europe and highlights that poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all […]