One Parent Families Archive

The Association of Directors of Social Work Archive (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Housed within the University's Archives this collection contains committee minutes and papers, correspondence and subject files, annual general meetings and annual conference material, ADSW publications and other publications pertinent to social work.  Material relating to Children and Families will be of particular interest.

Glasgow Caledonian University Subject Guide
This is a link to GCU's Library subject guide for social work related studies.

One Parent Families Scotland
One Parent Families Scotland has been working on behalf of lone parents and their families since 1944.  They are a national voluntary organisation, registered as a charity. Members include individual lone parents, various organisations working with lone parents and others who just simply want to support the cause of lone parents. 

One Parent Families  
The website of the National Council for One Parent Families. 

Heatherbank Museum of Social Work (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Also housed at Glasgow Caledonian University, Heatherbank Museum of Social Work is the only Museum totally dedicated to social work and welfare in Europe. 

Social Welfare Archives (University of Liverpool)
The University of Liverpool holds a number of collections relating to Social Work, and in particular those of child-related voluntary organisations - although it also includes the records of community projects and organisations working with the homeless.

WWW.lone-parents.org.uk
A website launched in 2002 by a lone parent to bring support and advice to single parents seeking a better quality of life.

The Women's Library (London)
The Women's Library holds the Records of the National Council for One Parent Families (5OPF) (1918-fl.2005), Records of Gingerbread (5GNB), the Records of Mothers in Action (5MIA), the Records of Maternity Action (5MAL), Papers of Amelia Scott (7ASC), an interview recorded with Mary Bennett, daughter of Lettice Fisher (8SUF), and 'Lone Parent Families:oral history interviews and photographic portraits created for the exhibition Sinners, Scoungers, Saints' (8LPF).  The Women's Library Printed Collections also hold publications by the National Council for One Parent Families, including their newlestters and annual reports.

Last Updated: 31 October, 2008
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