Gingerbread’s final report, “The Invisible Family: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on single parents living in London” shows that there are differences between the challenges single parents face at a local and national level. Locality...

Gingerbread today published the interim research findings for ‘The Invisible Family: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on single parents living in London’ report. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed, exacerbated, and solidified deeply entrenched health and...

Gingerbread today published the interim research findings of The Single Parent Employment Challenge report, demonstrating that the current system of back to work support, the high cost of childcare and the lack of flexible jobs is...

Watch the launch webinar below, with single parent Andrea, researchers Laura Dewar and Liz Clery, Gingerbread CEO, Victoria Benson, and chaired by Institute for Employment Studies Director, Tony Wilson. The final report arising from Gingerbread’s Caring...

Watch the Caring Without Sharing launch event webinar:

New research report ‘The single parent debt trap’ published by Gingerbread and StepChange, the UK’s leading debt charity, reveals that single parents are more likely to be living with problem debt. The research also shows...

Summary Based on new research from the Learning and Work Institute and Gingerbread supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the report Tackling single parent poverty after the Coronavirus explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on...

Interim findings from Gingerbread’s Caring Without Sharing research report reveals the unique challenges for working single parents created by the COVID-19 Crisis that the government needs to address. Summary New research published by Gingerbread and the Institute...

Summary Drawing on analysis of Labour Force Survey data, qualitative interviews with 16 single parents in London and discussions with Jobcentre Plus Partnership Managers, this report explores the impact of extending the job-seeking requirement under Universal...

Summary Drawing on a review of the existing evidence as well as new quantitative  and qualitative research, this report summarises what is known about in-work progression for single parents across England and Wales. The report outlines...

With the rollout of Universal Credit (UC) and its associated aim for recipients to increase their pay, in-work progression is set to become increasingly important for many single parents in London. Currently, single parents in the...