One Plus One

Welcome

One Plus One puts research into practice. We investigate what makes relationships work – or fall apart – and make the findings accessible to everyone interested in strengthening and supporting couple and family relationships.

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Our Family of Websites

Some areas of the law treat couples the same, married or not. But in many other areas, there are big differences. More +

Information about how the quality of the relationship between parents matters to their children. More +

Evidence based resources providing support and guidance for practitioners working with parents and families. More +

Supporting Family Relationships

For those working with couples and families – frontline professionals, community workers and volunteers – One Plus One offers a specially designed tried and tested package of training and resources. Learn more about our Brief encounters® training and resources such as PictureKits and FamilyWise.

One Plus One Brief encounters® training has been mentioned in the updated Child Health Promotion Programme.

Go to the Supporting Family Relationships section

The Information Centre On Relationships

If you’re looking for information on relationships, our team of researchers, practitioners and information specialists continually scan national and international sources for evidence-based research, statistics and practical projects - all the information we gather can be easily accessed from our topic pages, online libraries and news boards.

Go to the Information Centre

Research and Policy News

16 May 2008 - New package of support for disabled children and their families More +

15 May 2008 - More parents to gain the right to ask for flexible working More +

14 May 2008 - First meeting of the Ministerial Working Group to tackle child poverty More +

14 May 2008 - National Breastfeeding Awareness Week More +

14 May 2008 - New research from ISER on housework and wages More +

14 May 2008 - New research from the ESRC on divorce and elderly care More +