treoir

What treoir does

Treoir is an Irish non-profit charity (founded 1976 as the Federation of services for unmarried parents, rebranded Treoir in 1995) that provides a free, confidential national specialist information service for unmarried parents, their children, and supporting professionals in Ireland. Its core offering is the National Specialist Information Service, complemented by a nationwide workshops programme, an extensive publications catalogue (15+ booklets and leaflets covering guardianship, access and custody, maintenance, paternity, cohabiting parents, shared parenting, step-parent adoption, kinship care, and LGBTQI+ parenthood), and a phone information line (01 6700 120) plus online callback requests. The organization also hosts two project sub-brands: the Young Parents Support Programme (YPSP), a pregnancy-to-1000-days support service with 15 locations nationwide, and Kinship Care Ireland, an advocacy and information project for kinship families.

Name

treoir

Legal name

Treoir

Website

https://treoir.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Treoir is an Irish non-profit charity (founded 1976) providing free, confidential specialist information, parenting support, and advocacy for unmarried parents, their children, and supporting professionals across Ireland, funded by statutory bodies and a 27-member agency federation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin 1

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Funding: Funded by statutory bodies including CIC (Community Information Centre), Tusla - Child and Family Agency, and HSE (Health Service Executive). No commercial revenue model as services are free to end users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Treoir is a registered Irish charity that delivers a free, confidential national specialist information service for unmarried parents, their children, and supporting professionals. Its core deliverables include one-to-one information on family-law topics (guardianship, access, custody, maintenance, paternity, adoption, birth registration), nationwide training workshops, an extensive publications programme of booklets and leaflets, the Young Parents Support Programme for parents aged 24 and under, and the Kinship Care Ireland project. All direct services are free at the point of use and funded through statutory government grants supplemented by an annual agency membership subscription.

Product overview

Treoir is a charity providing a free, confidential, specialist national information service for unmarried parents, their children, and those supporting them in Ireland. The core offering is the National Specialist Information Service, supplemented by nationwide workshops, an extensive publications programme (including information booklets on guardianship, access and custody, cohabiting parents, shared parenting, paternity, adoption, and more), the Young Parents Support Programme (YPSP) for parents aged 24 and under, and Kinship Care Ireland for kinship families. Treoir also conducts policy advocacy, research participation, and makes submissions to government. The organization does not operate a technology platform but provides human-facing information and support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• National Specialist Information Service Free, confidential information service providing specialist advice on legal rights (guardianship, access, custody, maintenance, paternity, adoption, birth registration, passports), social welfare entitlements, and parenting matters for unmarried parents and their children in Ireland, delivered via phone, callback, and online publications.
• Treoir Workshops Nationwide training workshops on the legal rights of unmarried parents, shared parenting, and social welfare payments, delivered in person to groups of unmarried parents and to professionals who support them.
• Treoir Publications Collection of free specialist information booklets, leaflets, and downloadable PDFs covering Access and Custody, Cohabiting Parents, Guardianship, Maintenance, Paternity, Adoption, Passports, Birth Registration, Shared Parenting, Step-Parent Adoption, Kinship Care, Unmarried Fathers, Explaining Family Relationships, and a comprehensive Information Pack for Unmarried Parents.
• Young Parents Support Programme (YPSP) Support service for young mothers, fathers and their families from pregnancy through the first 1,000 days of the child's life, providing information, support and advocacy on health, relationships, parenting, childcare, social welfare, education and training.
• Kinship Care Ireland (KCI) Project hosted by Treoir that works with and for kinship families, providing information, support and advocacy to promote recognition, rights, and entitlements of children and families in kinship care across Ireland.
• Policy Submissions and Advocacy Treoir makes representations and submissions to government and relevant bodies to promote change for unmarried families, alongside participation in research projects such as the Growing Up in Ireland Study.
• Agency Membership Programme Federation membership for agencies supporting unmarried parents (including HSE, maternity hospitals, community groups and self-help groups), offering policy contributions, voting rights, daily 'It says in the papers' email updates, complimentary publications, and preferential rates at conferences and workshops.

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Young Parents Support Programme NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTreoir hosts and manages the national Young Parents Support Programme (YPSP), a support service for young parents from pregnancy through the first 1000 days. There are 15 YPSP locations throughout the country.
• Kinship Care IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTreoir hosts Kinship Care Ireland project which works with and for kinship families to promote recognition, rights, and entitlements of children and families in kinship care.
• 27 Member AgenciescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTreoir operates as a federation with 27 member agencies including Barnardos, An Cosán, Foróige, Irish Traveller Movement, maternity hospitals (Coombe, Rotunda, National Maternity Hospital), and community groups. Members contribute to policy development and information services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Barnardos Ireland: Irish children's charity and one of Treoir's own 27 member agencies; operates parallel services for vulnerable children and families, including parenting support and family advocacy, making it a directly comparable Irish family-support nonprofit.
• One Family: Ireland's national charity specifically for one-parent families, providing counselling, parenting support and training to a closely overlapping beneficiary base as Treoir's unmarried-parent segment.
• ISPCC (Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children): Long-established Irish child welfare charity providing Childline and family support services, operating a comparable nonprofit model with government and donor funding for child- and family-focused service delivery.
• Parentline: Irish national helpline and parenting support service offering confidential support to parents — a directly comparable model to Treoir's free confidential phone line but serving a broader parent population.
• Kinship Care Alliance (UK): UK advocacy body promoting recognition and rights of kinship carers; directly comparable to Treoir's Kinship Care Ireland sub-brand in mission, beneficiary base, and advocacy model.
• FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres): Irish non-profit providing free legal information and advice, including family law, overlapping directly with Treoir's legal-information remit for unmarried parents while serving a broader population.

Broad incumbents

• Citizens Information Board: Statutory national information service for Irish citizens on rights, entitlements and legal matters; a broader incumbent whose CIC also funds Treoir, providing comparable free information delivery at greater scale.
• Family Resource Centres (Tusla national network): Statutory network of family support centres funded by Tusla (one of Treoir's funders), delivering parenting and family services to communities across Ireland with overlapping but broader scope than Treoir's unmarried-parent specialism.

Others

• Child & Family Agency (Tusla): Statutory Irish state agency responsible for child welfare and family services and Treoir's primary funder; an enabling/funder relationship rather than a direct competitor, but could in principle absorb some of Treoir's service scope.

Regional players

• Adoption Authority of Ireland: Irish statutory body regulating adoption; while it is a state agency rather than a charity, Treoir publishes information resources on adoption (including step-parent adoption) that directly overlap with the Authority's domain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Treoir
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/treoir
• Instagraminstagram.com/treoir1976

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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