Category: Press Releases

One-parent families to suffer under today’s harsh budget

Posted on 12/05/11 by comms

5 December 2011 Media Release One-parent families to suffer from today’s harsh budget Ireland’s poorest families, particularly those parenting alone, have been abandoned by today’s budget and left to face the worst, according to One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families. As he announced today’s budget, Minister Howlin said  ‘…I believe that we have [...]

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Child Benefit cut is stealth tax on children

Posted on 11/22/11 by comms

MEDIA RELEASE: 22 November 2011 One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, say that any reduction in Child Benefit would be a blow to all middle-earner families, but for some families, in particular those parenting alone, it would be a further step towards living in consistent poverty.

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Please join us for Handel’s Messiah in Aid of One Family tonight 24 November – last night was amazing so don’t miss this opportunity

Posted on 11/03/11 by comms

Media release: 3 November 2011 Messiah Performance in aid of One Family 23 & 24 November @ 8pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8. Tickets €28 One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as the benefiting charity for this year’s performances of Handel’s Messiah by the [...]

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One Family Pre Budget 2012 Submission

Posted on 09/19/11 by comms

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 [...]

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One Family Experts Train Bulgarians on Positive Parenting

Posted on 07/07/11 by comms

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 [...]

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

Posted on 06/30/11 by comms

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 [...]

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Family Day enjoyed by hundreds of families at Iveagh Gardens

Posted on 05/15/11 by comms

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 [...]

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

Posted on 05/03/11 by comms

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 [...]

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US Cultural Ambassdor gives talk at One Family, 6 May

Posted on 04/28/11 by comms

In association with the United States Embassy Dublin, One Family welcomes US Cultural Ambassador Dr Brenda Flanagan to Cherish House, Dublin 2 This is a unique experience to hear one of the US’s premier women writers You are invited to join One Family on Friday 6 May from 10am until 12 noon to hear Dr Brenda Flanagan [...]

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Ray D’Arcy launches Family Day, 15 May

Posted on 04/19/11 by comms

One Family & EBS Building Society announce details of Free Family Day Picnic to be hosted in Iveagh Gardens on 15 May. Ray D’Arcy calls on people to celebrate families on 15 May to mark International Day of the Family. Ray D’Arcy at Launch of Family Day 2011 Ray D’Arcy at launch of Family Day [...]

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