This free monthly bulletin will keep you up-to-date with our projects and provides a listing of the most recent research and policy news concerning relationships and families.

You can visit iCOR - the online Information Centre on Relationships anytime for a regularly updated news board, conference listing, research and statistics on a wide range of topics and an online library of research papers from the field. If you would like copies of the iCOR leaflet please email ld@oneplusone.org.uk with your postal address and number of copies required.

Professor Jennifer Mason Co-Director of the Morgan Centre at the University of Manchester will be presenting a seminar at One Plus One on Wednesday 21st October 2009. Her presentation will be on Researching Family Resemblances:

"In this presentation I shall talk about a recent project that explored the significance of family resemblance in people's everyday lives. We know that family resemblances matter on all kinds of levels - for example, in whether people assume they will inherit character traits or propensities to health or illness from their relatives; in people's sense of identity, individuality and connection with others; in whom one feels a sense of affinity with.  The presence or absence of resemblance in families can be matters for great celebration, or longing, or chagrin.  They may sharpen people's sense of loss, or feelings that they do not fit in or belong.  Resemblance or lack of it can feel very acute in families that have undergone transitions such as divorce and separation, step-parenting, fostering and adoption, and bereavement."

The seminar will be held between 5.00pm and 6.00pm with arrival from 4.30pm. The seminar will be followed by drinks and an opportunity to discuss the seminar with colleagues from the field. If you are interested in attending please email ld@oneplusone.org.uk. The seminar will be held at the One Plus One offices in London full details of which can be provided. Please note spaces are on a first come first reserved basis.

One Plus One has published a major review of the international research literature on the impact of relationship breakdown on the physical and psychological health of adults and children and the consequences for parenting, parent-child relationships and child wellbeing. The review is entitled When Couples Part: Understanding the Consequences for Adults and Children by Lester Coleman and Fiona Glenn. The Executive Summary of the review is available to download from the One Plus One website, the full report can also be purchased from the website. Click here to view the Executive Summary.