Gingerbread is delighted to announce that we’ve received a generous grant of £150,000 over three years from the Linbury Trust towards our free, expert advice and information services for single parents. The Linbury Trust is a...

Jo Hardy, Gingerbread’s Head of Services, said, “Our expert helpline advisers work flat-out to answer calls from single parents, many of whom have no one else to turn to for support and may be struggling...

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We are so pleased to welcome the newly inaugurated Camden Mayor – and delighted to have been chosen as Councillor Sabrina Francis’ Charity of the Year! We’ve long been based in the borough, with our...

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...

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...

We are so pleased to welcome the newly inaugurated Camden Mayor – and delighted to have been chosen as Councillor Sabrina Francis’ Charity of the Year! We’ve long been based in the borough, with our...

There are single parents in all walks of life. Just as every single parent family is unique, so are their single parenting journeys. It’s damaging to reinforce lazy stereotypes. Instead, decision-makers need to take time to understand how...

We’re delighted that the model, television personality and presenter – well known for her support of parenting and children’s charities – is involved in this year’s appeal. Having been a single parent since her now three-year-old...

Single parent, Ferne McCann (who you may know from Celebrity Best Home Cook, The Only Way is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… - or from her very own TV show, Ferne McCann: First Time Mum) has launched Gingerbread’s Single Parents’ Day 2021 fundraising appeal.

Since Single Parents’ Day 2020 – just two days before the UK went into its first lockdown – single parents across the country have been sole breadwinner, teacher, parent and playmate to their child/ren, twenty-four-seven,...

Single parent, Ferne McCann (who you may know from Celebrity Best Home Cook, The Only Way is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… - or from her very own TV show, Ferne McCann: First Time Mum) has launched Gingerbread’s Single Parents’ Day 2021 fundraising appeal.

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...

New report shows single parents more likely to experience problem debt and to live in persistent poverty. Many forced to go without food to make repayments.

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...

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...