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One Parent Families Scotland
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Scotland’s national charity for single parent families. We support family wellbeing, empower parents with the right information and advice, enable access to work, training + education, and campaign against poverty. Free helpline: 0808 801 0323.
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📢 Big news!
Today we launch a joint report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social.

Too many are missing out on the support they’re due.

📄 Read the report + sign the open letter for change → opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
Our partners, @fifegingerbread.bsky.social have been testing new ways to help, building confidence among practitioners, creating resources for families and helping parents get the support their children are entitled to.

💬 Blog → opfs.org.uk/get-involved...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Struggling to deal with debt? Our money and debt advice service is free and open to single parents across all of Scotland💸

Find out more and get in touch⬇️
opfs.org.uk/support-and-...

#Debt #Scotland #SingleParents #DealingWithDebt #MoneyWorries
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
For many single parents, navigating the CMS feels like hitting a wall.

Explore their stories, poems and art and experience an interactive simulation that reveals what it’s like to seek support through a broken system.

Visit: bit.ly/4ooaIzl

#TransformingChildMaintenance

@ipprscotland.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Single parents have been at the heart of the Transforming Child Maintenance project, shaping recommendations, influencing policymakers, and helping design a system that truly works for families.

Their voices are driving reform ⬇️
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by One Parent Families Scotland
📢CEP EVENT NEXT WEDNESDAY👇📢
Is #NetZero by 2045 still achievable?

Join us at the Scottish Parliament
🗓️12 Nov 6–8pm

Chaired by @sarahboyack.bsky.social MSP with experts from @energy-action-scot.bsky.social @opfs.org.uk @satwatr.bsky.social, INEOS
👉 Email if you’d like to join: cep@strath.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Too many children are missing out on the financial support they need

The system designed to help them is falling short.

📄 Read the report, add your name to the open letter:

www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone

@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social

#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💚 A big thank you to everyone who has been signing and sharing our letter to the Prime Minister.

💪 With your help, we've already collected 556 signatures.

📣 Let's keep pushing for long overdue change!

👉 opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by One Parent Families Scotland
#SingleParents are often overlooked and left to deal with navigating family life alone.

@opfs.org.uk offers tailored support and financial assistance to women who are single parents in need. Read more: https://loom.ly/CLKysrQ

#FamilySupport #NACWG
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Parents describe their experience with the Child Maintenance Service as impersonal, inconsistent and exhausting.

Our report shows how we can build a system that works for families: one that’s fairer, safer & responds to real lives.

📄 → opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Missed payments, poor service & delays mean 2m kids are missing out on the support they're entitled to.

We need to Transform the CMS so it works for everyone.

👉 www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone

#TransformingChildMaintenance

@fifegingerbread.bsky.social @ipprscotland.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This Talk Money Week, we want to remind you that our money and debt advice service is free and open to any single parents in Scotland dealing with debt 💸

Find out more and get in touch⬇️
opfs.org.uk/support-and-...

#TalkMoney #StartTheConversation #TalkMoneyWeek #Debt #Scotland #SingleParents
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you're a single parent in Scotland looking for advice give us a call on our Helpline📲

👩‍👦 Talk to our expert advisors about anything from general worries to budgeting and benefits

Call 0808 801 0323 ☎️

opfs.org.uk/talk-to-us/l...

#SingleParents #Scotland #Helpline #SingleParentSupport #OPFS
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New polling by @ipprscotland.bsky.social shows 78% of parents favour a system that prioritises getting maintenance in place for every child

📊 Read the blog: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...

#TransformingChildMaintenance

@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No parent should have to fight this hard to give their child financial security.

It's time to transform the CMS into a system that works for everyone.

opfs.org.uk/talk-to-us/s...

#TransformingChildMaintenance

@fifegingerbread.bsky.social@ipprscotland.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Will you be going guising tonight?

#Halloween #HappyHalloween #Celebrate #Scotland #SingleParents #TrickorTreat #Guising
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Too many children are being let down by a system meant to protect them.

Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social sets out how to change that.

👉 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ever used the Child Maintenance Service?

Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.

Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.

Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social

#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by One Parent Families Scotland
High levels of support from parents in Scotland for reform of UK child maintenance. The current system pushes too many parents away. We @ipprscotland.bsky.social find 78% would like to see greater state support on offer for parents who struggle to make arrangements work.
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📊 New polling from @ipprscotland.bsky.social shows overwhelming support for reform of the child maintenance system.

Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social

📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social has seen 1st-hand how broken the #ChildMaintenance system can be.

Now, with OPFS & @ipprscotland.bsky.social, they’re calling for reform to make the system fairer, safer & easier for every family.

📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ICYMI: Real reform is possible. Fixing child maintenance could lift families out of poverty. See our new report & sign the letter to the PM.

@fifegingerbread.bsky.social @ipprscotland.bsky.social

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📢 Big news!
Today we launch a joint report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social.

Too many are missing out on the support they’re due.

📄 Read the report + sign the open letter for change → opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by One Parent Families Scotland
Proud to be there with colleagues from @opfs.org.uk, and fellow members of End Child Poverty to stand together against poverty and inequality. A fantastic turnout at the Scotland Demands Better demonstration today @povertyalliance.org, showing there’s more we have in common than divides us.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This week we, @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social launched a report calling for urgent reform of the #ChildMaintenance system.

Single parents helped shape the recommendations

🗣️ Hear one of their stories:
🔗 opfs.org.uk/talk-to-us/s...

#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by One Parent Families Scotland
I've first hand experience of this (as a child). Cannot believe the current system is still not fixed for the better some 50 years later.
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank you so much for your support for this important issue. ♥️
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM