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One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, has been running a suite of specialist employability courses and programmes aimed at lone parents in Ireland for over 15 years. Its award-winning employability programme, which was twice recognised in the AONTAS STAR Awards for excellence in adult and community education is open to new applications for […]

One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, calls for its award-winning employability programme to be rolled out nationally … 

Benefits of a shared parenting plan at Christmas  When it comes to making a plan for sharing parenting at Christmas the earlier you talk about it the better. Sharing parenting can be a very positive experience for children when parents are able to do it well. However, as a well renowned Psychotherapist, Gary Neuman said, […]

Key Asks for the next Programme for Government | One Family’s manifesto for the Irish General Elections 2024 focuses on tackling persistent and acute challenges faced by one-parent families through comprehensive reforms.

[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” element_template=” one_element_template=” av_uid=’av-m4ii5vkk’ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] 2024 research reports confirm the continuous decline in living standard and basic supports for one-parent families in Ireland … The Society of St. Vincent de Paul‘s Research Centre report, supported by the Department of Social Protection, on Minimum Essential Standard […]

One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families,launches first dedicated national survey aiming to document the experiences and challenges of lone parents and their children living in Ireland.

2 October 2024   — Ireland’s poorest children live in low-income, one-parent families but, yet again, they do not feature on the Government’s priority list  —     One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, has said that it is disappointed that the Government again failed to keep its promise to tackle child poverty effectively in its 2025 Budget […]

  One Family, Ireland’s leading national organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting and separating, has today released its Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2025. The proposals highlight the urgent need for targeted measures to address the challenges faced by one-parent families, with a focus on child poverty, income inadequacy and social supports. As highlighted by recent […]

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  Deprivation Levels Among One-Parent Families Remains Persistently High    41.4% of one-parent families are experiencing deprivation    Dublin, Thursday 7th March 2024: One Family, the national organisation for one-parent families in Ireland, welcomes the most recent Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Despite a decrease in […]

  One Family calls for implementation of out of court solutions for Child Maintenance issues    Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families’ response to the publication of the Review of the Enforcement of Child Maintenance Orders Dublin, Monday 8th January 2024: One Family welcomes the Department of Justice’s Review of the Enforcement of Child Maintenance […]

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Press Release — NOPFA Demands Urgent Action on One-Parent Family Homelessness Three out of every four families entering homelessness are one-parent families since eviction ban has been lifted Dublin, Thursday 23rd November 2023 Prior to the upcoming release of the Department of Housing’s monthly report on homelessness, the National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) is […]

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  Oireachtas members join call for publication of wording for the upcoming equality referendum   Press release, 27 September 2023 Former Committee Chair, Ivana Bacik TD, and members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality today (Wednesday, 27 September 2023) joined five civil society organisations outside Leinster House to call for the publication of the […]

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Press release – National One Parent Family Alliance One Parent Families Must Be Prioritised in Budget 2024   Wednesday 12th July 2023 The National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) an alliance of  civil society organisations concerned about the high levels of poverty experienced by lone parents and their children is calling on Government to urgently […]

  Always the Two of Us – new documentary theatre on growing up in a one-parent family in Ireland Press Release, Wednesday 7th  June, The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre and One Family – Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, are delighted to announce the free, rehearsed reading of Always the Two of Us, by Kate Heffernan […]

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