Single Parents in 2023
21st Mar 2023
We designed this research to provide an up-to-date picture of what it means to be a single parent in the UK in 2023, and to see what has changed since we produced our last report...
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21st Mar 2023
We designed this research to provide an up-to-date picture of what it means to be a single parent in the UK in 2023, and to see what has changed since we produced our last report...
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6th Feb 2023
Summary The Single Parent Employment Challenge project explored single parents’ experiences of the UK labour market, as we emerged from pandemic restrictions from mid-2021. Focusing on those single parents who experienced unemployment during the pandemic, it...
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27th Jun 2022
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...
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6th May 2022
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...
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10th Mar 2022
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...
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26th Nov 2021
Summary A Day One right to ask for flexible working is a step in the right direction but does not go nearly far enough. We need progression of the Employment Bill with a legal obligation on...
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19th May 2021
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:
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8th Feb 2021
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...
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16th Dec 2020
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...
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12th Nov 2020
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...
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