Childcare Subsidy
$20
This subsidy enables a single parent to build parenting skills and confidence at a two hour 1Up Parenting Education or Life Skills class like Relationships & Boundaries
Emergency Food Voucher
$50
Provides help to a single parent family who is experiencing an unexpected financial crisis and is struggling to make ends meet.
School Supplies
$75
Every year 1Up sends over 240 children from single parent families back to school with backpacks filled with grade appropriate supplies
Peer Support for a Day
$100
Every day our families are welcomed by friendly, knowledgeable volunteers offering information, practical & emotional support and most importantly – a sense of belonging!
Parent Coaching
$250
Parents gain confidence and new parenting skills through 5 hours of 1-on-1 time with a trained coach discussing parenting topics.
Healthy School Snacks Program
$500
Provides a variety of tasty and nutritious school snacks for 1 year for children of single parents in grades Pre K – 12.
A Mom and a Mentor
$500
Matches an isolated single mother and her children with a caring, experienced Mentor Mom for support, personal growth and peer connection with other moms
Dads with Dads
$250
This gift allows a group of single fathers to connect, share their unique parenting experiences and give and receive peer support in a facilitated group setting
Lighthouse Parenting Education
$100
Support a a single parent to gain confidence, strengthen parent/child bonds and build family resiliency through 1Up’s suite of parenting classes and support groups
1 Hour Counselling Session
$75
Ten free sessions with a trained counsellor offer safe, confidential and practical one-on-one support and healing to single Moms and Dads
Practical Support
$50
Babies and toddlers are expensive! Your support will help a new Mom in need purchase diapers, formula and other basic items for her little ones
Parent Café
$20
Offers single parents a weekly, child-friendly opportunity to come together for coffee and snacks while learning and sharing new parenting tips and strategies.