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The 101 Project recently held a pub quiz night in the Fort bar in Broughty Ferry. We managed to raise £700, and along with a small grant from the Home Mortification Fund, we will be able to provide activities for parents in the new year to support them and their families.
Thank you to everyone who supported the evening by attending or donating a prize for the auction and raffle. A big thank you to the Fort Bar for the venue and to Leigh our community education student, for organising the evening.

We would like to express our thanks to Rainbow Bright Nursery, Dundee who have generously raised money for Dundee Community Family Support Project

On 13th August the Lord Provost of Dundee hosted a Civic Reception for One Parent Families Scotland to mark their 25 years work in the City.

One Parent Families Scotland's - Choices service has been given funding through the Barclays Horizons programme to support lone parents in making the transition out of debt and poverty via a mix of support offerings; problem identification (via financial health checks) and prevention via financial training, and capacity building.

On 15th July, OPFS 101 Project in Dundee had a very successful visit from Housing & Communities Minister, Alex Neil, viewing the work being done to help parents back into employment.

As part of our aim to provide early intervention family support, Dundee Community Family Support Project devised and ran a successful Community Based Child Protection course.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is the new benefit paid to people whose ability to work is limited due to ill health or disability. From the 27th of October, 2008 it replaced both Incapacity Benefit (IB) and Income Support (IS), paid on the grounds of incapacity for work.

Yvette Cooper, the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, has announced that the government will be piloting a new earnings disregard for lone parents from 2010. This will mean that lone parents who work less than 16hours per week will be able to keep £50 of their earnings, rather than the current £20 before their Income Support is affected.

Because of the changes in benefits requiring lone parents to work when their children are young, many lone parents in Scotland are now thinking of improving their skills by going back to college or university. One Parent Families Scotland has produced three factsheets covering the funding of further and higher education and nursing courses.

Would a 3-day work preparation training combined with a 2-week work experience with Marks & Spencer help you to reach that goal?
If the answer is yes, you may be interested in our Marks and Start Return to Work programme starting on 8th September 2009.