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Posted 27 May 2010
Gingerbread President J K Rowling writes exclusively on stigma, welfare cuts and her experience of being a single parent. Nearly twenty years ago (it’s a shock to me to write that, because it still seems quite...
Posted 31 January 2019
Single parent Christina is a spiritual artist and mum to three children aged 13, 15 and 21. In this blog, she discusses what helps her through single parenthood.I was with my ex-husband for 15 years; we were married for nine of them. After getting the courage to leave my situation of domestic abuse, I divorced in 2012. I then began to rebuild our...
Posted 30 January 2019
Karen is mum to 11 year-old Ebony. Together they have a have a house rabbit called Steve. As well as working in a nursery, Karen manages a pet sitting service looking after pets in their...When I think of the word proud, apart from the obvious, words such as noticeable, standout and visible come to mind. This may be because society makes the issues of being a single parent noticeable,...
Posted 29 January 2019
Lidia is an inspired, passionate, proud single mother who was born and bred in South Africa and now lives in the UK. She is a mother to an amazing teenage daughter, who is one of...
Posted 28 January 2019
Aneita is a 46 year old single mum to a five (soon to be six) year-old daughter. She was born in Hackney and grew up in London’s East End. She has experienced many different issues...
Posted 24 January 2019
Emily is a single mother to a nearly three-year-old son, Henry, who has cystic fibrosis. In 2017, they moved from London to Cornwall. Here, she writes about how freeing it has been for her to...
Posted 24 January 2019
Emma is a single mother to a 19-month-old son. Together, they love exploring nature – whether it’s at the beach, in the woods or at the nearby wetlands centre, feeding the birds. Here she writes...
Posted 14 January 2019
Roshan became a single father thirty years ago. Here, he writes about the journey he’s been on to raise his son. I became a single father to my son in 1989. Prior to his birth, my...
Posted 2 January 2019
In our first blog of the year, single mum Lidia shares her top tips for setting and achieving goals, whether it’s New Year’s resolutions or at any other time of the year. New Year’s resolutions are...
Posted 14 December 2018
At Gingerbread, we’re really proud to have been empowering single parents to lead secure, happy and fulfilling lives for one hundred years. As we celebrate our Centenary Year, former single parent Sue writes about the...
Posted 3 December 2018
As Christmas approaches, single parent Katie shares a past experience of taking her son to meet Father Christmas. My son is train-obsessed, so when he was two, I booked a special Santa event on a local...
