One Family welcomes research which indicates that focusing on family type as a predictor for child well-being is irrelevant

One Family today welcomes research from UCD analysing 9 year olds in the Growing Up in Ireland data which strongly indicates that focusing on family type as a predictor for child well-being is irrelevant. One Family Director Karen Kiernan welcomed the report saying: “This research confirms what we have seen for 40 years in One […]

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Survival Guide to Christmas

One Family’s Survival Guide to Christmas Christmas can be a wonderful time when we come together to celebrate the passing of another year and to look forward to beginning a new year full of potential and possibility. But it can also be a time of enormous stress and tremendous loneliness. Images of happy faces and […]

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Watch One Family 40th Video

If you couldn’t join us for One Family 40th  celebrations, perhaps you’d like to watch the video…. Part 1 features Mary Henry, President, One Family, John O’Connell, Chair, One Family and Catriona Crowe, Head of Special Projects at The National Archives of Ireland. Part 2 features Karen Kiernan, Director, One Family reading a moving message from […]

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One Family asks Mins, TDs and Senators to reflect on Budget 2013 impacts

One Family recommends Ministers, TDs, Senators and the architects of Budget 2013 reflect on its impacts One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, overviews the potential impacts of Budget 2013.  Karen Kiernan, Director of One Family offers her insight, ‘Household income for lone parents is squeezed once again with 1 in 5 poor children […]

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Audio interviews with One Family founders

As part of our 40th celebrations, we interviewed some of the original founder members of One Family – listen to their moving memories and insights into parenting alone 40 years ago, and how things have and haven’t changed….Evelyn Forde, Annette Hunter-Evans,  Margaret Murphy, Gráinne Farren  and one of the first staff members, Nuala Feric .

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One Family’s New Future’s nominated for award

  Our New Futures programme has been nominated for Social Innovation for Communities (SI-C) which aims to import successful solutions to solve critical social problems in Barcelona. The SI-C is an initiative by UpSocial, in partnership with the City of Barcelona, the Government of Catalonia and Citymart.com. New Futures provides a valuable solution to the […]

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“It’s not fair and it’s lazy social policy”

Lone Parents: being asked to make more sacrifices, rather than those with broader shoulders One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families expresses their reaction to Budget 2013, ‘We’re looking for tailored help for families with children struggling to make ends meet as living costs rise” explains Stuart Duffin, Welfare to Work Manager. He continues, […]

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Don’t place the burden of the Budget 2013 on the shoulders of children and one-parent families

One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, calls on Government not to place the burden of the budget on the shoulders of children and one-parent families. ‘Children don’t have the broadest shoulders in our society, and yet again they are carrying the weight of the budget’ says Stuart Duffin, One Family Welfare to Work […]

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President Michael D. Higgins congratulates One Family

We are so appreciative and thankful for all the good wishes which we’ve been getting for our 40th – many thanks. We thought we’d share the message of support sent to us by President Michael D. Higgins which was read out on the night of our celebrations: I would like to send my best wishes […]

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To celebrate our 40th, we’ve been collected experiences from some of our clients over the years. These stories form a precious and informative archive – thanks so much to Christine, Kiva and Melissa for adding to those stories.

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More clients share their One Family stories, read them here…

 Thanks to more clients – Louise, Tracey and Maria – for sharing their experiences of One Family and of parenting alone or sharing parenting – we will be posting more of these stories over the coming weeks, all to mark our 40th anniversary.  

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Listen to memories from One Family Founders

Listen to the memories of One Family Founders Some of the One Family/ Cherish founder members have been kind enough to take the time to share their memories from the early days with us – listen to Evelyn Forde, Annette Hunter-Evans, Margaret Murphy and Nuala Feric.  We will shortly be sharing the full interviews with […]

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Read about more Family Stories

Thanks to Cathryn and Cecelia for sharing their stories of parenting alone and their experience of One Family. See more client stories here 

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One Family founder Maura O’Dea on Today FM

Here is One Family founder Maura O’Dea and Director Karen Kiernan on Today FM’s The Last Word last Thursday – its in part 3 and starts at 10 mins 40 seconds in Listen here  

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Request for 2014 to be European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life

A declariation requesting that 2014 be the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life has been presented in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, initiated by Marian Harken ALDE Ireland, amongst others. COFACE, together with the European Alliance for the EY2014, is trying to bring attention to the fact that creating and promoting policies that […]

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One Family supports Yes Vote Call with Children’s Rights Alliance

Parents’ Organisations Slam Misinformation on Children’s Referendum Mainstream parents’ organisations slam misinformation relating to the Children’s Referendum in Dublin today.  Urging all parents to vote YES in the Children’s Referendum on Saturday 10 November 2012, six parents’ organisations have come together to set the record straight. Chaired by Áine Lynch of the National Parents Council  […]

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Listen to One Family founder Mary Kerrigan on Kildare FM

Kildare FM did a great interview with Mary  about what it was like to be a single parent 40 years ago on www.kfmradio.com. Go to Podcasting on the left hand side, then click on “Kildare Today” Podcasts, and you will see it there.

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More parents share their stories with One Family

Thanks to Annette and Linda for sharing their stories of parenting alone and their experience of One Family. See more client stories here  

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Irish Independent features One Family founder’s story

The Irish Independent did a great interview with Maura Richards O’Dea, one of the orignal founders of One Family, http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/i-was-shunned-because-i-was-a-single-mum-3263786.html

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Irish Times commends One Family founders

Fintan O’Toole has written a very moving tribute to the founders of One Family in today’s Irish Times – commending their bravery in refusing to be ashamed of being single mothers – and challenging the government to act with similar courage and lack of shame by refusing to accept bailing out Anglo and Nationwide http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/1023/1224325577694.html

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