Breffny Morgan, TV’s Apprentice Star, launches One Family Annual Report

At the launch of One Family’s Strategy 2010-2012 and Annual Report 2010 at Dublin Castle, Breffny Morgan, Star of TV3’s Apprentice, spoke about his own positive experiences being brought up in a one-parent family,  ‘I consider myself the proud product of a single-parent family. My hope is that others raised in similar circumstances can relate […]

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 […]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance 2011

The administrative arrangements for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance in 2011 are different from the arrangements in previous years. This year most of the process will be automated. This means that you may not need to fill out an application form for the payment. If you qualify you will get a letter […]

Family Day a huge success – thanks to everyone who took part

Today is UN International Day of the Family, an annual celebration of the diversity of families and family life across the    world. To mark the day One Family and EBS Building Society came together to celebrate Irish families and family diversity by hosting The Family Day picnic in Iveagh Gardens, a free event with entertainment […]

Family Day is getting loads of media…don’t forget to join us on Sunday

Thanks to Bonnie Brady and Brian O’Connell for talking about parenting alone and Family Day and the need for acceptance of family diversity on TV3’s This Morning, starts 24 mins in Weds 11 May. http://bit.ly/lj1MZJ And – here’s a good piece with One Family Director Karen Kiernan on Family Day in Metro Herald – page […]