We received hundreds of submissions, and yesterday, announced the shortlisted entries. The shortlisted entries will be judged by a panel, and one will be selected as a winner and receive a publishing contract with Trapeze...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of five new trustees to further strengthen our board and help shape Gingerbread’s work as it enters its centenary year. Our board of trustees is vital to the success of...

Gingerbread are looking to find co-renters for their current office space We’re looking for a tenant to share our offices, ideally a non-profit organisation. Around 2,000 – 2,500sq ft of our lovely warehouse offices in Kentish...

Analysis of new benefit cap figures shows that most vulnerable single parents are still being affected The number of babies and toddlers affected by the government’s benefit cap policy continues to rise – despite a high...

Gingerbread’s new report  examines loopholes in the child maintenance system The child maintenance system is failing to ensure children receive the appropriate level of support they are entitled to, according to a new report by Gingerbread. ‘Children...

Gingerbread welcomes high court ruling that recognises benefit cap harms most vulnerable single parents Response to welcome ruling that benefit cap discriminates against most vulnerable single parents; Gingerbread provided evidence for high court case In a striking...

Gingerbread calls on newly elected regional mayors to back the ‘Upfront’ childcare deposit scheme The new regional mayors have been asked to commit to supporting single parent families to enter or return to work by backing...

New findings chime with Gingerbread’s analysis of problems in the child maintenance system Gingerbread welcomes the findings in the Work and Pensions select committee’s new report on the failings of the current child maintenance system. [1] The...

Gingerbread’s new report looks at the impact of the benefit sanctions regime on single parents The government is systematically underestimating the risk of sanctions to single parents, according to new research from Gingerbread. “On the rise: single...