The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single Parent Families formal purpose is to collaborate across the political spectrum to campaign against legislative loopholes that disadvantage single parents, and for positive representation of a category which is increasingly common yet still all too often stigmatised.

Gingerbread, the national charity for single parents, manages the APPG and acts as the official secretariat, as well as providing advice to the Chair and Officers.

Officers:

Chair – Rupa Huq

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Lord Balfe

Michelle Welsh

Members:

Martin Vickers

Mims Davies

Imran Hussain

Rosie Duffield

Lord Bird

Paul Waugh

Baroness Lister

Tonia Antoniazzi

Jess Asato

Sarah Coombes

Chris Bloore

Kate Osamor

Neil Coyle

Natasha Irons

Adam McIntyre

Dan Aldridge

Peter Swallow

Lee Pitcher

Baroness Janke

Public enquiry contact
Email: campaign@gingerbread.org.uk

APPG Events

Upcoming Events

TBC

Past Events

Wednesday 24th May 2023 (in-person)

Thursday 23rd February 2023: Single Parent Employment (hybrid meeting)

Wednesday 16th March 2022: Single Parents and the Cost of Living

Monday 17th January 2022: Making the Child Maintenance Service Work for Single Parent Families

Thursday 4th November 2021: The Single Parent Employment Challenge event