Read the latest news and views on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
Posted 19 June 2023
Over the next few days, you’ll see some big changes to Gingerbread’s website and social media channels. Why have we changed our brand? The first thing you’ll notice is that Gingerbread’s logo, colours, font and...
Posted 29 July 2022
As the impact of the Cost of Living crisis continues to emerge in all areas of life, here at Gingerbread we have not been immune from increasing financial pressures. After funding cuts earlier in the year,...
Posted 3 November 2021
This week’s Autumn Budget has seen winners (cider drinkers and short-haul flyers) and losers (savers and smokers) but what does it mean for single parents? What does the Budget mean for working single parents? Of the 1.8...
Posted 25 October 2021
Gingerbread is the leading national charity working with single parent families. Our mission is to champion and enable single parent families to live secure, happy, and fulfilling lives. We advise, support and campaign with single...
Posted 26 May 2021
A new report published today by Gingerbread, the leading charity supporting single parent families, finds single parents with pre-school aged children in London face particular barriers to job-seeking under Universal Credit. This group of single...
Posted 19 May 2021
Watch the report launch webinar here – with single parent Andrea, researchers Laura Dewar and Liz Clery, Gingerbread CEO Victoria Benson and chaired by Institute for Employment Studies Director, Tony Wilson. A report published today by...
Posted 8 February 2021
Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, and StepChange, the UK’s leading debt charity, are today publishing a new report which shows the UK’s 2 million single parents are more likely than any other sector...
Posted 10 December 2020
Gingerbread, the leading national charity working with single parent families, is delighted to welcome Simon Bentley in his role as Chair of the Board of Trustees. Simon replaces Gingerbread’s Interim Chair, Fran Parry. Simon brings a...
Posted 1 October 2020
Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released yesterday highlights the impact of Covid-19 on the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). The data shows: An increase in compliance on CMS payments – albeit, driven entirely...
Posted 29 September 2020
A new report published today by Gingerbread, the leading charity supporting single parent families, finds single parents with pre-school aged children in London face particular barriers to job-seeking under Universal Credit. This group of single...
