🚨 NEW RESEARCH LAUNCHED🚨 This week, @ucc.ie, @tcddublin.bsky.social and One Family, launched critical new research on lone parents in third-level education. The findings are clear: systemic policy failures are preventing parents who are ready to learn and work from accessing the education they need.

We are delighted that our CEO, Karen Kiernan, is addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children & Equality this morning on the critical issue of Child Poverty and Deprivation.

Our response to #Budget2026 Full press release here: onefamily.ie/budget-2026-...

Budget 2026 updates for one parent families so far; Our Budget factsheet will be live on One Family's website from 10am tomorrow (8th October) with a more detailed analysis of the changes made in #Budget2026. Taxes and Work:

New important research highlights a severe affordability gap for one-parent families access to healthy food. For a one-parent household on State benefits with two young children, a healthy food shop costs €122— that's 28% of take-home income. That's 12% higher than if the adult earned minimum wage.

❗ Important campaign highlighting critical action needed from government to fund community education. Our New Futures Employability Programme has a 75% success rate, yet is reliant on private donations - which we are extremely grateful for - to survive. (1/3) #communityeducation #budget2026

Yesterday we spoke at the Taoiseach’s Child Poverty Summit. The Taoiseach, and Cabinet Ministers Dara Calleary, Jack Chambers, Norma Foley and Helen McEntee committed to addressing child poverty in Budget 2026. We look forward to seeing targeted measures announced on Oct 7th. @gov.ie

📢 We’re at Taoisaech Michael Martin’s Child Poverty Summit today, highlighting the lived experience of parents from our Advocacy Project and the urgent need for action to address record rates of child poverty @gov.ie #ChildPoverty #EndChildPoverty #Budget2026 #oneparentfamily #loneparent

Mike Ryan @who.int giving keynote address at #ChildPovertySummit #EndChildPoverty

We're at Taoiseach's Child Poverty Summit; opening address from Micheál Martin offers strong words and assurances that next month's budget will address child poverty #EndChildPoverty #oneparentfamilies

We're hiring! 📩 Please email a copy of a cover letter setting out how you meet the role requirements along with your CV, including your qualifications and accreditation to [email protected]. ⏰ Applications close at 12pm on Monday 29 September 2025 (1/2)

📢 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY 🕰️ 26 hours per week 💶 €41,387 to € 51,416 🖇️ Fixed-term contract 🗓️ Deadline August 12th 🔗 Full job spec: onefamily.ie/get-involved... #jobfairy #counsellingjob #lookingforwork

👉ICYMI... One Family were on The Moncrieff Show on @newstalkfm.bsky.social last week, discussing Budget 2026, child poverty, family homelessness and responding to reader's comments. 📌You can listen back here: www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/the... #Budget2026 #podcast #oneparentfamily

📌Looking for a job? 🙌We're hiring! 🔵Details here: onefamily.ie/get-involved... #jobfairy

Our CEO Karen Kiernan will be on The Moncrieff Show @newstalkfm.bsky.social shortly to discuss our #Budget2016 asks for one-parent families 📻 Listen live here: www.goloudplayer.com/radio/newstalk

OpEd from our CEO, Karen Kiernan, is now live on TheJournal.ie, highlighting: ❌One-parent families cannot be the ones to pay for Trump tariffs or other shocks 👉Government must deliver targeted measures in hashtag#Budget2026 to address record rates of poverty, deprivation and family homelessness

We're at the Pre-Budget Forum today, lobbying for positive #Budget2026 actions to help one-parent families! 📸 1: Donal Swan, NWC; Karen Kiernan One Family; Louise Bayliss SVP; Gayle Smith Treoir 📸 2: Minister Dara Calleary, DSP @social-protection.bsky.social #prebudget #NOPFA

📻 Our CEO, Karen Kiernan and Chair of National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) will be on Castlebar FM at 12:10pm today to discuss NOPFA's Pre-Budget Submission which was launched yesterday. 👂 Listen live here: ieradio.org/crcfm-castle... #Budget2026 #oneparentfamily #loneparent

📣Breaking - Our #BackToSchool Survey is Open! 📚 Do you have children attending primary or secondary school for the 2025/2026 academic year? ✏️Use your voice and have your say: www.barnardos.ie/policy/the-i... #SchoolCosts #BecauseChildhoodLastsALifetime

‼️We need to see political action in #Budget2026 that address the record rates of child poverty ✅This must include: 👉changes to the Jobseeker's Transitional Payment 👉increase in child support payment 👉reduce minimum working hours for Working Family Payment (1/2)

"overwhelming demand for Flac’s services points to nothing less than a civil legal aid crisis…[there is a] very high cost of not providing legal aid to children, families and communities… Civil Legal Aid needs to be treated like the vital public service which it is” – FLAC -Free Legal Advice Centres

Attacks both online and off have increased towards LGBTQI+ people in recent years. 🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ people are the second most targeted group in the country for hate crimes and hate-related incidents and of the worsening mental health and wellbeing of the community. 🏳️‍🌈 1/2

"I don’t know how any government minister [expects].. single parents left behind to afford childcare, along with all other bills, on one salary." ❗Children of one-parent families are being deprived of an early years education - we don't have a public childcare model accessible to all families. 1/3

⚠️ The pandemic impacted one-parent families differently and government need to understand how. 🗣️ This is your chance to be heard and inform how the government responds to future emergencies. ✅ Find the links to the survey below! #covid19 #pandemic #lockdown #oneparentfamily #singleparent #survey

🔴41,000 women reported abuse by their partner or ex-partner in the last year 🔴Over 5,000 reported abuse of children ‼️@Women's Aid CEO, Sarah Benson said: "Separating from a controlling and abusive partner is difficult and a time of heightened risk. Many women needed to access the courts (1/4)

🚨 Calling lone parents 🚨 ⭐ This is a unique opportunity for you to create positive, meaningful changes for one-parent families. 🔗 Learn more about the panel here: bit.ly/44sWZzz #oneparentfamily #loneparent #helpline #singleparent #coparenting #separated #advocacy

🏠 Every week, more one-parent families are becoming homeless. Many one-parents are: 👉 forced to rely on housing support payments, which have not kept up with real-time rental prices. 👉 living in enforced deprivation (nearly 50%). 1/2 #homelessness #children #government #housingcrisis

❤️ Welcome news that the government is looking at targeted measures to support the most vulnerable families and current child benefit rates will not be negatively impacted. 1/2 #Childbenefit #support #government #NGO #singleparent #oneparentfamily

⚠️ The housing crisis is inflicting life-long trauma on families. Nearly 60% those in emergency accommodation are one-parent families.

Major thanks to all who came to our Open Day last week!❤️ 🤝Wonderful to meet professionals working with one-parent families to highlight the services and supports we run - building connections so we can work together to support those families. #NGO #oneparentfamily #loneparent #singleparent

❤️ We are delighted to be a recipient of the RTE Late Late show Toy Show Appeal with Community Foundation Ireland ✨ This funding will allow us to hire another counsellor for our team, increasing our direct support to parents. 1/2

🚨Today, the 2025 Minimum Essential Standards of Living (MESL) was published by SVP - Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland research team. 🗣️Our Policy Manager, Carly Bailey spoke at the launch highlighting the continuing inequalities impacting one-parent families (1/2)

Welcome news at #NED25 yesterday where Taoiseach said he told cabinet ministers to come up w/ ideas for #Budget2026 that will "really make the difference to the most vulnerable families and children" 👏 This will be a 🔑 part our Budget campaign (1/2)

🗣️ Have your voice heard on the pandemic response 🗣️ 🦠 One parent families saw many challenges during the pandemic - housing, affording groceries and raising children through a traumatic, unpredictable and scary time. 1/3 #covid19 #pandemic #lockdown #oneparentfamily #singleparent

One parent families are already at risk of housing insecurity and homelessness. Without rent-pressure zones, and greater enforcement of them, this will increase further. One Family have significant concerns about any measures to remove RPZ's #housingcrisis www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

🧪 One Family were proud to participate in this overdue research on the experiences of non-resident parents. 📖 Separated families are often invisible in policy making - the inclusion of non-resident parents matters - more is needed to understand the challenges facing families and supports needed.

New research shows grocery prices continue to rise. 43.5% of one-parent families are living in enforced deprivation and forced to go without food as they simply cannot afford the increasing costs of essential items. (1/2)

📌 Lack of access to legal representation, time to prepare for cases, financial burdens & a system overwhelmed by cases compounded a high-stakes, high-risk situation for adults and children alike ‼️ It is critical for children that courts delivers the best outcomes for their care and well-being (1/3)

Welcome new data giving insights into shared parenting from the perspective of the non-resident parent. ❗The high levels of relationship breakdown within the first 3 years of parenting show a clear need for parents to be supported at this critical time. (1/3)

We were delighted to attend the Mná na hÉireann Empowerment Fund Lunch at Leinster House this week. We're a proud awardee of the project and it was a wonderful opportunity to network with funders and policy-makers about the critical work of One Family @betterbuzz.bsky.social

📌Some progress in terms of employment and education, but the type/quality of work are a big impact on addressing poverty and other inequalities. ‼️Lone parents often have to take work to fit around their caring responsibilities, work that is typically part-time, precarious and low paid (1/2)

⭐ Delighted to be at Social Inclusion Forum yesterday with Naomi Connolly, Parent's Representative, One Family Advocacy Project @eapneurope.bsky.social ✅ This was an important opportunity for @social-protection.bsky.social to hear directly from people affected by poverty and social exclusion (1/2)

💡Starting tomorrow 💡 Learn: ✅To have child-centered approach, ensuring children are well supported through parental separation ✅Practical tools to improve communication between parents, how to manage conflict, develop a shared parenting plan and more (1/2)

🌟 Take the First Step 🌟 Our free, 6-week course covers: ✅ Personal Development & Self-Esteem ✅ Assertiveness Skills ✅ Stress Management 🗓️ Starts May 2025 🕙 Wednesdays, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM 📍 Delivered online via Zoom onefamily.ie/education-de...

🚨That is more than 1 family a week being made homeless ❌We need urgent action from government to provide immediate, targeted supports to prevent more families entering into homelessness. #homelessness #housingcrisis #oneparentfamily

💡 We were delighted to attend the first Family Justice Forum with @deptjusticeirl.bsky.social this week and also learn about their new report with 20 recommendations for improving the family courts process #familycourts #familylaw #oneparentfamily

❓Want to improve communication with your teen? ✅Our next online course starts tomorrow: 1️⃣Support parents to build good communication and assertive parenting 2️⃣Explore the changes and challenges that occur for teens as they move through puberty and how you can support your teen (1/2)

🚨FREE BABY MASSAGE COURSE 🚨 📆Starting April 28th 🎟️Register now: www.fetchcourses.ie/course/finde...

‼️NEW SURVERY: CHILD MAINTENANCE ‼️ 📌This survey will help develop guidelines regarding the payment of child maintenance ✅If have experience of child maintenance payments, please fill out this survey 🙏 ➡️Survey: justiceiresurveys.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #childmaintenance #oneparentfamily

📌Aisling spent 18 months looking for rented accommodation she could afford with HAP for her and her two children. It got to the point where got to the point where she “didn’t want to be here any more, I didn’t want to be alive”. Now, Aisling and her children are facing homelessness again. (1/3)