One Family

Founded in 1972, One Family is a charity based in Dublin, Ireland working on children & youth, poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness +5 more.

One Family is Ireland's national organisation for one-parent families, including people parenting alone, sharing parenting and separating. Founded in 1972 as Cherish, it has worked with one-parent families for over 50 years. It provides direct family support services, specialist counselling for people facing unplanned or crisis pregnancies, e-learning parenting courses, an employability programme for lone parents, and training for professionals working with one-parent families. It also campaigns and advocates for legislative and social change on issues such as child poverty, income inequality, family law reform and family homelessness. Its services operate from Dublin, and it is a trading name of Cherish CLG, a company limited by guarantee registered in Dublin. It is registered with the Charities Regulator.