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One Parent Families welcomes research confirming the case against work requirements
20/12/04 One Parent Families welcomes today's report from the Institute of Public Policy Research which confirms the need for more support for single parents who want to work and argues against any move towards introducing benefit conditions.
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One Parent Families welcomes Pre Budget Report measures for parents
02/12/04 One Parent Families welcomes today's Pre Budget announcements aimed at helping lone parents move into work. and at helping parents balance work and family life. In particular the new investment in childcare...
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One Parent Families CSA Campaign hits the headlines
18/11/04 One Parent Families helped push the crisis-hit Child Support Agency (CSA) to the top of the media and political agenda in the run-up to the resignation of the agency's Chief Executive Doug Smith.
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J K Rowling becomes President of One Parent Families
16/11/04 National charity One Parent Families is delighted to announce that J K Rowling has become its President. Ms Rowling replaces Ian Hay-Davison who has occupied the role since 1991.
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Child Support Agency crisis deepens
15/11/04 Lone parents demand answers from minister as CSA crisis deepens. Lone Parents will be wanting answers from Secretary of State Alan Johnson MP when he is called to account about the growing crisis at the CSA at a Select Committee hering on Wednesday 17 November.
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One Parent Families takes members' CSA complaints to MP's committee
14/10/04 On the October 13th, One Parent Families gave evidence at the Department for Work and Pensions Select Committee's enquiry on the performance of the Child Support Agency. ...
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One Parent Families secures grant to develop services for families living with a disability
21/10/04 One Parent Families is delighted to have secured a grant of £131,00 from the Parenting Fund in order to develop our services for single parents who have a child or children with disabilities.
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Comedy at the Court - An Evening full of laughs
Sponsored by Allied Domecq and Avon
04/10/04 The event is on Sunday 17 October 2004, The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square. Doors 7pm, Show 7.30pm...
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One Parent Families calls for national family strategy
17/08/04 The following letter from the Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission and other members of our Parents' and Carers' Coalition is in response to a front-page article...
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One Parent Families' welcomes Government approach to contact
21/07/04 One Parent Families welcomes the new Green Paper on 'Parental Separation and Children's Needs' in particular its focus on earlier and more effective intervention to help separated parents sort out contact arrangements...
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Single parents slipping through the advice net
23/04/04 Lone parents are not getting the advice they need because advice provision is fragmented, underfunded and patchy, according to research published today by One Parent Families.
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Lack of support forces lone parent out of jobs
20/07/04 On becoming a lone parent, nearly a third (31%) of those in work decide to leave -but most of those who quit would rather stay on in the workplace and leave unwillingly...
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One Parent Families welcomes new Chief Executive
10/08/04 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Nicola Simpson as our new Chief Executive. Under her leadership, we look forward to developing further our work in campaigning on behalf of all lone parents to government...
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Child Support Agency failing to deliver says One Parent Families
22/07/04 One Parent Families today expressed serious concerns that the new scheme at the CSA is not resulting in the promised improvements in the delivery of child maintenance payments. ...
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Chancellor's Spending Review: Good news on Childcare but concern over job cuts
12/07/04 National charity One Parent Families applauds the Chancellor's Spending Review announcement of 800 (i) more children's centres as another important step forward in tackling child poverty.
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Graham Taylor& Royal Bank of Scotland back lone parents
01/06/04 Ex -England, Watford and Aston Villa football manager Graham Taylor hosted an all-day, five-a-side football fundraising event organised by One Parent Families and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG).
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Single Parent Charity calls for more action on skills as Government "personalises" Jobcentre plus
20/05/04 One Parent Families welcomed the Government's review of employment programmes announced today, which is intended to provide more tailored provision to all Jobcentre plus clients...
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John Amaechi's first Ambassador speech
14/05/04 Top basketball star John Amaechi gave his first speech as our new Ambassador at our Conference 2004 in London on May 13th.
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Spidermen don't help
Letter to the Independent on Sunday
14/04/04 The media is building up a distorted picture of how family courts treat fathers. Neither the law nor judges' interpretation of it are unfairly biased against fathers - recent research by the University of Leeds...
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Budget 2004 must deliver on childcare
15/03/04 Childcare must be the key priority for spending in Budget 2004, says national charity One Parent Families. Despite improvements in the supply of places there is still only one childcare place for every four children aged under...
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