Policy & campaigns

Childcare

Childcare is important for both children’s development and parents’ employment. For single parents, childcare is particularly important to help make...

General Election 2019

As the UK prepares to vote on 12 December 2019, Gingerbread is calling on single parents to make their votes...

Covid-19 – supporting single parent families through the crisis

Our campaigns

Together with single parents, we challenge social stigma, and influence government policy to ensure single parent families receive a fair...

Policy & research publications

Read all of Gingerbread's policy publications, including research reports, consultation responses and briefing papers.

Child maintenance

A child has a legal right to be supported financially by both their parents, and the government must help parents...

Employment and skills

Almost all single parents are in work or want to work. Single parent employment is at a record high, particularly...

Families and relationships

Single parent families often deal with many challenges. Children in single parent families face around twice the risk of poverty...

Living standards and poverty

Single parents’ finances are often tight. Single parent families face a particularly high risk of poverty compared with other households....

Welfare reform

Benefits are a lifeline for many single parents, whether in work or not. Barriers to entering and progressing in work,...

Single Parents’ Day – 21 March 2020

On March 21st the UK celebrates national #SingleParentsDay. There are around 2 million single parents across the UK – and...