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New Data Shows Cost-of-living Crisis Has Meant Over a Quarter of Single Parent Families Have Already Gone Without Food
Posted 21 March 2022
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The Single Parent Employment Challenge – urgent action is needed to prevent single parents being left behind
Posted 10 March 2022
by Laura Dewar Policy and Research Lead Gingerbread today published the interim findings of The Single Parent Employment Challenge research report, looking at job loss and job seeking for single parents after the pandemic. The interim report...
“The cost of living crisis is causing hunger, hardship and mental anguish for too many single parent families”
Posted 18 May 2022
by Victoria Benson, CEO of Gingerbread We are experiencing the biggest cost-of-living shock since the 1970s. For any household, the costs of housing, food and fuel are big, but for single parents they are huge. So far,...
NHS Covid-19 vaccine rolls out to five million 5-11 year-olds
Posted 4 April 2022
Parents and carers of 5 to 11 year olds are now able to book a Covid-19 vaccine for their children after the NHS vaccine programme expanded its service. While children who are at increased risk from...
New Data Shows Cost-of-living Crisis Has Meant Over a Quarter of Single Parent Families Have Already Gone Without Food
Posted 21 March 2022
New data exposes the devasting impact of the cost-of-living crisis on single parent families. Worryingly, it also reveals things are set to get worse for many of the UK’s nearly two million single parent households...
APPG event – Single Parents & The Cost of Living
Posted 16 March 2022
At Gingerbread, we are hearing from many single parents who have big concerns about soaring food and fuel costs and the ability of their budgets to stretch even further. In fact, Gingerbread’s helpline has seen...
Fundamental flaws in the Child Maintenance Service leave parents high and dry
Posted 3 March 2022
by Ceri Smith, Head of Policy and Campaigns The National Audit Office (NAO) has today published a landmark report into the Child Maintenance Service. It paints a stark picture of how the CMS simply isn’t working...
NAO report recommends legislation change to ensure the Child Maintenance Service is fit for purpose
Posted 3 March 2022
The National Audit Office (NAO) have today published a report highlighting that, in spite of government reform, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is falling short of delivering the support that families need. The NAO report found...
Gingerbread survey shows ‘cost-of-living crisis’ is forcing single parent families to go hungry to make ends meet
Posted 18 February 2022
The cost-of-living crisis is biting for households across the UK. Soaring food and fuel costs, coupled with scant help from this Government, are a reality that’s hard to bear for many on low incomes. It’s...
Help for Camden single parents: Household Support Fund
Posted 9 February 2022
Single parents in Camden may be able to access funding to help with rising living costs and energy bills. Part of a government scheme to help those experiencing severe hardship, the Household Support Fund could offer...
Sunak’s Measures Won’t Be Enough to Help Single Parent Families
Posted 4 February 2022
Yesterday’s announcements on energy prices and the rising cost of living will be deeply worrying for the UK’s 1.8 million single parent families, many of whom have already faced a sustained squeeze on their finances...
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