Single mum Denise is seeing the benefits of studying pay off, after she completed an MSc research project in teacher education. (more…)
Posted 7 August 2023
Single mum Denise is seeing the benefits of studying pay off, after she completed an MSc research project in teacher education. I have two daughters, and I’ve been a single parent for the past seven...
Posted 24 July 2023
Simon is a Gingerbread volunteer, helping to run our online group for parents of children with additional needs. He’s had lots of opportunities to travel in his working life, and has always enjoyed traveling with...
Posted 29 June 2023
This time last year I couldn’t have run from one lamp-post to another’ says Emily. We’re delighted that she’s chosen to share her journey with us, as she prepares for her first half-marathon. ‘A year and...
Posted 10 October 2022
by Sue Walker I have always had a passion for travel and had lived in Hong Kong for 5 years during my twenties. During that time my partner and I had backpacked to most South-East Asian...
Posted 28 July 2022
The British Summer has finally arrived (although how long it’ll last is a mystery!). While the weather is nice – or even when it isn’t – it’s so good to get outside and move in nature. It’s...
Posted 18 July 2022
by Sarah Ashe How many times have we heard ‘just one more cartoon mum’ or ‘just one more video game’ on a weekend morning? Technology has never been so easily accessible for our little ones, with...
Posted 13 June 2022
I suppose I consider myself a more ‘unusual’ single parent. I am gay, and also a mother who doesn’t live with her son. My son is now 2 and a half and, very sadly, I separated...
Posted 9 June 2022
by Em Pointer Exercise is one of those things that all too often we say we’ll do and then we don’t really know where to begin, so we put it off and then life gets in...
Posted 27 May 2022
by Em Pointer As soon as you become a parent, exercise often goes out of the window. Whether it’s due to sleep deprivation or driving back and forth to all the weekend activities, our priorities change...
Posted 13 May 2022
Nicky is a single parent to two children, Margot (11) and Ferris (8), and a firm believer in the power of exercise for both mental and physical health. Juggling a busy family life with running...
