16.11.2006

OPFS Welcomes Jim Murphy at Annual Conference
OPFS members and staff were pleased to welcome the Minister, Jim Murphy, at our annual conference on 10th December to discuss the Welfare Reform Bill and lone parents.
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20.10.2006

Press Release: Lone Parents & Disability Survey - Press Release - the chance to win £50
Would you like the chance of winning £50?
One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) are asking lone parents who have a child with additional needs to help in a national lone parent survey.
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01.12.2005

Press Release: Coping with Christmas & Dealing with Debt
A single parents' checklist for coping with Christmas has been drawn-up to ease the pressure of the holiday period on the one in four mums and dads raising their children single-handedly.
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Download Christmas Top Ten Tips (Scotland) - PDF (46kb)
Download Dealing with Debt Factsheet (Scotland) - PDF (158kb)
 

28.11.2005

Press Release: School Clothing Grants
Parents in are losing out because school clothing grants have not been
uprated sufficiently in recent years. Each local authority has the power
to set the grant, which can be claimed by families on benefits or low
earnings, usually up to about £15,000 per year.
More information...
 

25.10.2005

Young Parents and Childcare in Edinburgh Report
A report to find out about young parents childcare needs and how they find it in their area. The report also reviews paying for childcare, knowledge of Child Tax Credits and services that young parents would like to be able to access from their local Childcare Information Service.
More Information on the report...
 

New Information Leaflets for Young Parents
One Parent Families Scotland have published two new information leaflets for young parents in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas.
More Information on the leaflets...
 

24.08.2005

New Address for Dundee Community Family Support Project
The Dundee Community Family Support Project has now moved to new premises:

14 St Boswell's Terrace
St Mary's
Dundee
DD3 9PT

Tel: 01382 819121
 

08.08.2005

Conference on Home Based Childcare - a unique Scottish service
This conference, on Thursday 22 September 2005 at Stirling Royal Infirmary, will explore the full range of circumstances when Sitter Services can be helpful, examine the operational issues involved in running flexible services and look at the unique Scottish registration system which has been developed to cover such services.
More Information on the conference...
 

07.07.2005

Press Release: RBS Funding Provides Top Survival Tips For Scotland's Single Parents
As The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) doubles its funding for the national, free Lone Parent Helpline, Scotland's 151,000 single parents are being offered a checklist of Ten Top Survival tips - covering key areas such as childcare, flexible working rights, dealing with loneliness, financial entitlements and housing. Produced by charities One Parent Families, One Parent Families Scotland and One Plus and RBS, the Top Tips aim to give pointers on single parents' most pressing concerns.
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16.06.2005

Press Release: Lone Parents to Get More Support for Financial Problems
Scotland's 151,000 lone parents are to get more specialist advice and information to improve support for those facing financial problems, thanks to a new financial inclusion project from Scotland's leading lone parent charities, which was launched today (17 June 2005) by Communities Minister Malcolm Chisholm.
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11.02.2005

Young Parent's Work Receives Recognition
One Parent Families Scotland's work with young parents has been nominated as one of the best examples of youth work practise in the City of Edinburgh.
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Working with Young Parents - Edinburgh Network Group
Information on the Edinburgh Network Group.
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Participation Work Goes National!
The OPFS Young Parent's Participation Work receives a national remit.
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03.02.2005

Update: Young Parent's Participation Project
Update on the work of the project from our Young Parents Participation Worker, Tara McCarthy.
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04.11.2004

Parent and Baby Screenings
Ster Century Cinema, Ocean Terminal will be showing several films as special Parent and baby Screenings every Wednesday in November.
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28.10.2004

Press Release: Major Poll Finds Modern Day Parents Face a Tougher Task in Bringing up Children
Key findings from a poll commisioned by the new multi-agency partnership Parenting Across Scotland suggest that bringing up children is harder today than it was in the past.
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30.09.2004

OPFS 2004 AGM & Members' Day
We are holding a day for our members including our AGM on Saturday 30th October 2004, from 10.30m - 3.30pm. Lunch, tea and coffee will be provided.
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23.09.2004

Young Parents Conference
On 14th October, 2004 One Parent Families Scotland will be holding a Conference for Young Parents at the YWCA, Lochend in Edinburgh.
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19.08.2004

Job Vacancies
Project Worker: Dundee Project
Project Manager: Aberdeenshire Sitter Service
Administrator: Aberdeenshire Sitter Service
Sitters: Aberdeenshire Sitter Service
More information on the Jobs page...
 

05.08.2004

Job Vacancy
Young Parents Participation Worker (21 hours)
Edinburgh Headquarters.
More information on the Jobs page...
 

08.07.2004

NISUS Placement Update
Nicola Sim, the NISUS placement at OPFS, has now finished her time with us. She has graduated from her course, after a ceremony on 1st July, at Edinburgh City Chambers, with certificates presented by Sir Tom Farmer.
All at OPFS wish to congratulate her on this achievement.
 

10.06.2004

New Research
Scotland’s Families is collaborating with the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) to do research in to the impact of family transitions on the lives of young people. The research is funded with a grant awarded from the Community Fund.
More information on the research can be found on the CRFR website.  
See also: Scotland's Families web site
 

06.05.2004

New Staff at OPFS Headquarters
OPFS are very pleased to say that we have now appointed two new staff members:
Young Parents Participation Worker, Meggan Jameson and Fundraiser, Alison Campbell
 

OPFS Awarded Investors in People Status
OPFS are proud to announce that we have recently been awarded Investors In People status, for good practice in training and development of employees.
The logo is now displayed on our home page.
Find out more about Investors In People on their website.
 

29.04.2004

Factsheets Updated
The OPFS Lone Parent Rights Guide and Student Finance factsheets have been updated and are now available for download in the helpdesk section.
 

11.03.2004

New eNewsletter & Members Briefing Released
The third issue of the OPFS eNewsletter has been released.
Read it on the eNews page...
 

New Staff Member
OPFS are pleased to welcome Rachael Gibbins, who joins us as Finance & Payroll Officer.
 

23.02.2004

Comedy Charity Benefit Announced
OPFS has organised a charity benefit for lone parents at the stand comedy club in Edinburgh. The event will take place on 18th May and will feature a wide range of comedians, and a raffle for your entertainment.
Tickets: £6 (waged); £4 (unwaged)
Tickets available now!
 

05.02.2004

CaLYPSO Report Released
The Report on the Camelot funded Calypso Project is now available. It gives the results of the yearlong project listening to the support and information needs of Young Lone Parents, and supporting them to 'Speak out'. Networking Seminars for agencies are to take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee to disseminate the findings and encourage organisations to consider their own services. We welcome comments.
Download the report (PDF)...
 

29.01.2004

New Lone Fathers Worker at OPFS
OPFS would like to welcome its new colleague, Tom Carroll, who will be succeeding Jimmy Donald as our Lone Fathers Worker.
 

22.01.2004

Appeal for Volunteers
OPFS are currently looking for volunteers.
 

Shortage of Funds Hits Services
Due to the expiry of a Community Fund grant and a shortfall in donations, OPFS are unfortunately having to stop providing some of their services.
 

16.01.2004

Staff News
OPFS are sad to announce the departure of Ever Dundas (Publications & Admin. Worker) and Jimmy Donald (Father's Worker).
They will be missed, and we wish them both good luck in their future endeavours.
 

08.01.2004

Young Lone Parents Speak Out Conference Update & Booking Form
OPFS & OnePlus will share the results of their yearlong project, consulting with young lone parents, through the words of the young lone parents themselves at a conference in Dundee on 10th March, 2004
Find out more about the conference...
Download the booking form...