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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 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...
Posted 19 July 2021
We know from research and from first-hand experiences that single parents have been hit harder than most by the COVID-19 pandemic – from lost jobs and living in poverty, to home-schooling solo and the constant...
Posted 29 June 2021
Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, is calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to scrap unfair child maintenance fees. These fees are taken by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) from money...
Posted 10 June 2021
Gingerbread is delighted to announce that we’ve received a generous grant of £150,000 over three years from the Linbury Trust towards our free, expert advice and information services for single parents. The Linbury Trust is a...Jo Hardy, Gingerbread’s Head of Services, said, “Our expert helpline advisers work flat-out to answer calls from single parents, many of whom have no one else to turn to for support and may be struggling...https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gingerbreads-advice-and-support-services-for-single-parents-website.mp4
Posted 8 June 2021
We are so pleased to welcome the newly inaugurated Camden Mayor – and delighted to have been chosen as Councillor Sabrina Francis’ Charity of the Year! We’ve long been based in the borough, with our...
Posted 26 May 2021
A new report published today by Gingerbread, the leading charity supporting single parent families, finds single parents with pre-school aged children in London face particular barriers to job-seeking under Universal Credit. This group of single...
Posted 19 May 2021
Watch the report launch webinar here – with single parent Andrea, researchers Laura Dewar and Liz Clery, Gingerbread CEO Victoria Benson and chaired by Institute for Employment Studies Director, Tony Wilson. A report published today by...
Posted 5 May 2021
We are so pleased to welcome the newly inaugurated Camden Mayor – and delighted to have been chosen as Councillor Sabrina Francis’ Charity of the Year! We’ve long been based in the borough, with our...
Posted 22 April 2021
There are single parents in all walks of life. Just as every single parent family is unique, so are their single parenting journeys. It’s damaging to reinforce lazy stereotypes. Instead, decision-makers need to take time to understand how...
Posted 16 March 2021
We’re delighted that the model, television personality and presenter – well known for her support of parenting and children’s charities – is involved in this year’s appeal. Having been a single parent since her now three-year-old...Since Single Parents’ Day 2020 – just two days before the UK went into its first lockdown – single parents across the country have been sole breadwinner, teacher, parent and playmate to their child/ren, twenty-four-seven,...
