One Parent Families Scotland
@opfs.org.uk
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
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
💬 Blog → opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
💬 Blog → opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
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
Find out more and get in touch⬇️
opfs.org.uk/support-and-...
#Debt #Scotland #SingleParents #DealingWithDebt #MoneyWorries
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
Find out more and get in touch⬇️
opfs.org.uk/support-and-...
#Debt #Scotland #SingleParents #DealingWithDebt #MoneyWorries
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
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
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
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
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
Their voices are driving reform ⬇️
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
November 8, 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
Their voices are driving reform ⬇️
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
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
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
📢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
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
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
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
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
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
💚 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
💪 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
💚 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
💪 With your help, we've already collected 556 signatures.
📣 Let's keep pushing for long overdue change!
👉 opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
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
@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
#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
@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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We need to Transform the CMS so it works for everyone.
👉 www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
#TransformingChildMaintenance
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social @ipprscotland.bsky.social
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
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
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
Find out more and get in touch⬇️
opfs.org.uk/support-and-...
#TalkMoney #StartTheConversation #TalkMoneyWeek #Debt #Scotland #SingleParents
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
👩👦 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
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
👩👦 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
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
📊 Read the blog: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
📊 Read the blog: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
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
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
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
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
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Will you be going guising tonight?
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #Celebrate #Scotland #SingleParents #TrickorTreat #Guising
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #Celebrate #Scotland #SingleParents #TrickorTreat #Guising
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Will you be going guising tonight?
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #Celebrate #Scotland #SingleParents #TrickorTreat #Guising
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #Celebrate #Scotland #SingleParents #TrickorTreat #Guising
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
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
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
Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social sets out how to change that.
👉 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
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
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
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
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
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...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
📊 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...
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
📊 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...
Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
@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
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
@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
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
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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@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
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
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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@fifegingerbread.bsky.social @ipprscotland.bsky.social
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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
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.
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
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
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
Single parents helped shape the recommendations
🗣️ Hear one of their stories:
🔗 opfs.org.uk/talk-to-us/s...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
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.
The state run child maintenance system has been failing single parents, especially mothers, for decades. It leaves women and children in desperate poverty. That's why I've signed this letter to the Prime Minister. opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...
Sign our open letter: demand a child maintenance system that's better for everyone - One Parent Families Scotland
Add your name to our open letter to the Prime Minister and call for a child maintenance system that delivers for all children in separated families.
opfs.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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.
Thank you so much for your support for this important issue. ♥️
The state run child maintenance system has been failing single parents, especially mothers, for decades. It leaves women and children in desperate poverty. That's why I've signed this letter to the Prime Minister. opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...
Sign our open letter: demand a child maintenance system that's better for everyone - One Parent Families Scotland
Add your name to our open letter to the Prime Minister and call for a child maintenance system that delivers for all children in separated families.
opfs.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you so much for your support for this important issue. ♥️