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Single Parent FAQs: Managing your mental health – Issue 39

30/04/2025

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Answers to the most recently frequently asked questions on managing your mental health.

Free school meals available for some P6 and P7s in Scotland

17/04/2025

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Email Your MSP about wraparound ASN childcare

16/04/2025

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Michael Marra MSP will lead a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 8 May on the urgent need for better wraparound care for children with Additional Support Needs (ASN). You can write to your MSP to support this.

Have your say on the Child Maintenance Service

15/04/2025

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The UK Parliament wants to hear from parents and organisations what is and is not working with the Child Maintenance Service. Have your say. Deadline 23 April 2025.

What the April 2025 changes mean for single parents in Scotland

09/04/2025

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Single Parent FAQs: Having Fun on a Budget – Issue 38

08/04/2025

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Answers to the most recently frequently asked questions on childcare.

OPFS response to Scottish Government child poverty figures

27/03/2025

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It is disappointing to see that the interim 2023/24 targets have been substantially missed, with 22% of children in Scotland still living in relative poverty. Too many in children in Scotland are still growing up without the resources that they need

What the Spring Statement means for single parents in Scotland

27/03/2025

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Single Parent FAQs: Childcare – Issue 37

27/03/2025

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Answers to the most recently frequently asked questions on childcare.

OPFS response to UK Chancellor’s Spring statement 2025

26/03/2025

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Today's Spring Statement was an opportunity for the UK Government to demonstrate the sincerity of its commitments to tackle child poverty. Instead, the cuts announced will have the opposite effect: pushing an additional 250,000 people, including 50,0