Reforms for Lone Parents – less or even more poverty for one-parent families?
One Family welcomes the new Minister for Social Protection Minister Éamon Ó Cuív T.D’s efforts to improve the economic situation and social wellbeing of people in one-parent families. However they remain gravely concerned as to the whether the reforms of the One-Parent Family Payment as recently announced will result in improved outcomes for lone parents […]
Child Contact Centre report gets extensive media coverage
Seminal research by One Family which calls for a network of child contact centres in Ireland was launched this week by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Barry Andrews, TD, and the media response – including the front page of The Irish Examiner, three pieces in The Irish Times and other print coverage, along with a feature on RTE Radio […]
One Family seminal research highlights need for Child Contact Centres in Ireland
Ground breaking research by One Family, the leading service provider for people parenting alone and sharing parenting, launched 12 April 2010 at Dublin Castle by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Barry Andrews, TD, has called for a network of child contact centres throughout Ireland. The research entitled Supporting Child Contact: the Need for Child Contact Centres […]
One Family launches report on the need for Child Contact Centres in Ireland, Monday 12 April at 10 am
At The Coach House Dublin Castle. Minister for Children Barry Andrews, TD, will launch the report. This will be followed by a seminar chaired by The Hon. Mr Justice Henry Abbott. See below for a copy of the summary and of the full report… Summary – Supporting Child Contact: the Need for Child Contact Centres in Ireland […]
Quiz Night @ The Odessa Club Tuesday 9 March, 7.45pm
Get a table of four together to compete for some wonderful prizes – or come along alone and we’ll fix you up with a team. It’s only €15 a head, they serve great food and drink there and funds raised go towards our askonefamily* helpline. To book your place, call us 01 6629212 or email […]
TV3 talks to lone parent Rachel Sullivan and One Family Director Karen Kiernan about parenting alone
Ireland AM’s Aiden Cooney had an interesting chat with lone parent Rachel Sullivan and One Family Director Karen Kiernan about parenting alone and sharing parenting in Ireland…you can view it here
Thanks to everyone who supported our Labels of Love clothes sale
Our designer clothes sale was a great success – thanks to everyone who supported us including Boston College, Curves, Louise Kennedy, John Rocha – and all you recessionista fashionistas.
Tubridy Radio show talks to dads who parent alone
RTE Radio’s Tubridy Show heard from some fathers who parent alone about how they manage parenting – and the dating game – One Family client John McCann told his story. Listen here to join the debate….
Ryan Tubridy talks to lone parents about dating
On 27 January The Tubridy Show on RTE Radio One heard from some mothers who parent alone about the trials and tribulations of the dating game, One Family client Deborah told her story and got such a great reaction that they plan to do a show on dating for dads soon – to listen to the show […]
Social Networking
One Family is now on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. Our website is becoming more interactive, you may now register and participate in online discussion here, commenting on anything we publish from now on. The site now has an RSS feed for those who have newsreaders. Please become a fan on Facebook and let your friends […]
Labels of Love
Designers John Rocha and Louise Kennedy lend their Support for One Family’s Labels of Love Designer Clothes Sale If you want to pick up a bargain from designers such as John Rocha and Louise Kennedy and support the chairty One Family at the same time – drop into the Labels of Love designer clothes sale at […]
Seminar on proposed changes to family law by LRC
One Family seminar puts the spotlight on proposed changes to the laws governing family relationships One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation providing specialist support services for people parenting alone and sharing parenting, held an important seminar on 18 January in response to the Law Reform Commission’s report on the legal aspects of family relationships, chaired by […]
Rights, Responsibilities and Children
A discussion of the Law Reform Commission report on legal aspects of family relationships A One Family Seminar The seminar was held on Monday 18 January 2010 in DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, chaired by RTE Drivetime’s Mary Wilson. Speakers included Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur on children; Fergus Ryan, family law lecturer in DIT; family law solicitor […]
Askonefamily* poster campaign in Dublin Bus
We are delighted that our advertising campaign promoting askonefamily* helpline will continue with free placement of posters in Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann and Iarnrod Eireann starting this month and the distribution of leaflets and helpline stands in all Peter Mark salons around the country. Watch out for the poster which you can see here, designed […]
One-Parent Family Payment Reforms
Minister Hanafin’s kite-flying on lone parents must be grounded One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation providing specialist support services for people parenting alone and sharing parenting has hit back at proposals by Minister Hanafin to impose more social welfare cuts on lone parents. Candy Murphy, Policy & Research Manager of One Family said: ‘while we continue […]
One-parent families faced with poverty
One Family , the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland today expresses its concern that lone parents on welfare will face further cuts in their income as a result of Budget 2010. One-parent families are already experiencing four times the level of poverty found in the general population and the […]
One Family Policy Manager Candy Murphy to speak at Press Conference Thursday 26 November
Invitation ‘1 million reasons to oppose cuts to Child Benefit’ Representing all elements of family life in Ireland today and jointly opposed to any cuts or changes to Child Benefit in Budget 2010; OPEN, One Family, PACUB, the Children’s Rights Alliance and the National Women’s Council of Ireland invite you to a joint Press Conference […]
Club di Dublino Annual Dinner
Club di Dublino – an Italian business community association formed to promote friendship within the Italian community in Ireland and between the Italian and Irish people – chose One Family to be the recipient of monies raised at their annual fundraising dinner which was held at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 22 October last. The […]
Budget 2009 Press Release
ONE-PARENT FAMILIES FACE THE FUTURE WITH FEAR NOT HOPE One Family, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland, today calls on the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin T.D., to ensure that the most vulnerable families are not forced to pay further for the excesses of others. One […]