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Read the latest news and views on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
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Posted 19 May 2021
A report from Gingerbread and the Institute for Employment Studies explores single parents' journeys through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted 20 January 2022
Making the Child Maintenance Service Work for Single Parent Families This was one of the reasons the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single Parent Families met in January to discuss how the CMS must be improved...
Posted 13 January 2022
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...
Posted 11 January 2022
Your experiences will help us to develop Gingerbread’s evidence base for our influencing efforts across London and nationally. We know that your time is precious so the interview will take no longer than 45 minutes. Interviews will be held throughout January and will be at a time that suits you,...
Posted 22 December 2021
Gingerbread, the national charity for single parents, is celebrating after being awarded £138,417.00 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Gingerbread will use their funding to...
Posted 15 December 2021
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...
Posted 12 November 2021
The Single Parent Employment Challenge It was therefore timely that a week on from an Autumn Budget that did little to improve the lot of these single parent households, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single...
Posted 3 November 2021
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...
Posted 3 November 2021
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...
Posted 25 October 2021
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...
Posted 2 September 2021
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...
