Research from the DCP has shown that 97% of parents with a disabled child do not believe the public understands the challenges they face. With nearly half (43%) of the British public unfamiliar with anyone...

Gingerbread, the national charity for single parents, is celebrating after being awarded £138,417 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Gingerbread will use their funding to...

Gingerbread’s Advice service has been awarded the Advice Quality Standard Certification Gingerbread, the leading charity for single parent families, has been awarded the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) certification for its outstanding Single Parent Helpline and Advice...

Key Changes for Single Parents in the Autumn Budget 2021 Universal Credit taper rate will decrease The main change that will affect single parents is the reduction of the Universal Credit taper rate. This change is going...

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...

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...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, single parents have borne the brunt of the economic and social fallout. Prior to the pandemic, single parents were already more likely to live in poverty...

We know from research and from first-hand experiences that single parents have been hit harder than most by the COVID-19 pandemic – from lost jobs and living in poverty, to home-schooling solo and the constant...