One Family

Diary Date, 12 April, Child Contact Centre Report Launch

Hilary — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:18 +0000

One Family has carried out ground-breaking research on the need for child contact centres in Ireland, funded by the Family Support Agency. Please join us on Monday 12 April 2010, 9.30am to 1.30pm, at The Coach House Dublin Castle, for a seminar to discuss the findings. 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. If you wish to attend please email info@onefamily.ie or call 01 6629212

Quiz Night @ The Odessa Club Tuesday 9 March, 7.45pm

Hilary — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:25:43 +0000

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 aokeeffe@onefamily.ie. Odessa Club is at 13 Dame Court, Dublin 2

TV3 talks to lone parent Rachel Sullivan and One Family Director Karen Kiernan about parenting alone

Hilary — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:21 +0000

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

webmaster — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:49:15 +0000

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

Hilary — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:34:17 +0000

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….

Positive Parenting Course at One Family in May

Hilary — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:39:03 +0000

One Family will be running another of their very popular Positive Parenting Courses for lone parents for seven weeks starting in May. The course covers everything from How To Be A Good Role Model For Your Children and Reasons Why Children Misbehave, to Active Listening and Assertive Parenting. If you’d like to take part please contact Geraldine Brereton at 01 662 9212 or email gbrereton@onefamily.ie

Ryan Tubridy talks to lone parents about dating

Hilary — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:38:07 +0000

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 click here…

Social Networking

webmaster — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:18:24 +0000

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 know how you feel about Our Family. Or simply follow us on Twitter, username 1familyireland, so you are always kept informed as to what we are doing.

Later in the year, we are planning to give our website a facelift.

As part of this transition, our Privacy Policy has changed – this website now uses “cookie” technology, in order to enable us to obtain accurate and informative visitor statistics, and to enable members of One Family to be recognized and to log on.

Labels of Love

webmaster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:31:56 +0000

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 Boston College, 42 St Stephen’s Green on Friday 19 February from 5pm to 7pm for after work shoppers, and on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st from 9am to 6pm.

Besides the kind gifts from desginers, hundreds of Irish women have donated their ‘pre-loved’ boutique and designer pieces and all proceeds go towards the One Family helpline which offers support and advice to one-parent families.

If you too want to de-clutter your wardrobe and donate clothes to the sale, simply drop off unwanted clothes at your nearest Curves fitness club before Thursday 18 February. Log onto www.curves.com or call 1800 932 800 now to find your nearest club.

Click for details (PDF file)

starts Friday 19 February from 5pm to 7pm for after work shoppers, and on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st from 9am to 6pm

Free Legal Advice Evenings at One Family

webmaster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:20:27 +0000

One Family has developed its services to include a Free Legal Advice Centre for all your family law queries in Cherish House in Dublin 2. The centre will run once a month from 5.30pm to 7.30pm on an appointment-only basis. The next date is 8 March 2010.

The askonefamily* helpline regularly receives calls from people with queries about family law, be it about access, guardianship or maintenance. In fact, after social welfare queries, legal questions form the second largest category of enquiries.

Up until now we have referred callers to services such as FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres). But now we are hosting a Free Legal Advice Centre for all your family law queries in Cherish House in Dublin 2.

A legally trained FLAC volunteer will be available to give legal advice on all your family law matters. They will help you to establish whether or not there is a legal solution to your issue, explain what options are open to you and direct you to other services for further assistance.

To make an appointment please call reception on 01 662 9212.

For further information on legal issues see our “Legal” section in our Useful Links.