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Single Parents Are Under Pressure
Three-quarters of single parent families are now living below the publicly accepted ‘Minimum Income Standard’ according to new research by Loughborough University. What are the key factors that cause most single parent families from reaching an adequate income? Despite the …
Scotland in European Collaboration to Engage Employers to Support Single Parents in the Workplace
In Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Ireland, new programmes promote work-family balance to support parents to enter and stay in employment. (Dublin, 20 June 2018) One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) – Scotland’s largest national single parent organisation – has …
UK Benefits System – Punishing the Most Vulnerable
One Parent Families Scotland today published research which they say shows the present benefits conditionality regime disproportionately affects vulnerable single parents, particularly those who have poor health or are disabled, often leaving them distressed, impoverished and reliant on food banks. …
Scotland’s third sector unites to call for Universal Credit roll out to be halted
Today One Parent Families Scotland has joined forces with twenty four charities and individuals to call for a halt to the accelerated roll out of Universal Credit in October. Together these organisations represent a broad cross section of Scotland’s third sector, …
New Gingerbread report: ‘Children deserve more’
Gingerbread’s new report, ‘Children deserve more: challenging child maintenance avoidance’ has just been published. The report shows how the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is unable and unwilling to ensure proper support for children. It highlights shows how current rules, and …
OPFS Statement – Universal Credit : 2 child – rape clause
Surely children should not have their life chances damaged because of the number of sisters and brothers they have? OPFS supports the decision by key women’s organisations who will refuse to be third party verifiers to help officials implement the …
OPFS Statement on Summer 2015 Budget
The budget has signalled four more years of austerity, with higher child poverty but lower taxes for the more affluent.
