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OPFS services during the Coronavirus period

Last updated: 27/11/2025

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Information for you and your family

Following the announcement on Monday 16 March regarding Covid 19, we will be suspending our face-to-face work in Glasgow, Dundee, Falkirk, Lanarkshire and Edinburgh. This includes groups, courses and one-to-one support.

Our early learning and childcare provision at Braes in Falkirk has also now been suspended.

Our priority as an organisation is continue to be available for single parents and their children. For the families we already work with, staff will continue to provide support in local areas  through phone calls, texts and local Facebook groups. For single parents outwith those areas or who have not yet been supported by our local teams, we can provide support through our Helpline, webchat and ‘ask a question’ function on this website.

We appreciate this is a worrying time, with many uncertainties for families and we will continue to work to provide the most up to date and relevant information, advice and support for you and your children.

If you have any concerns, questions, or are finding it hard  at the moment, please do get on touch.  We are here to support you.

Thank you
Satwat Rehman
Chief Executive, OPFS

We will continue to monitor the situation and update this message when the situation changes. In addition announcements will also be made on the OPFS Facebook pages for Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow and Lanarkshire if there are any updates.

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