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Gingerbread appoints new Chief Executive
Posted 26 July 2019
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Read the latest news on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
Gingerbread calls on the new government to tackle the poverty epidemic among single parent families
Posted 16 December 2019
As the new Conservative government is announced, Gingerbread calls for urgent action to reduce poverty among single parent families through policies that improve living standards for the 1 in 4 UK families headed by single...
Gingerbread responds to reports of past comments from Prime Minister Boris Johnson on children of single parents
Posted 28 November 2019
Reports today have brought to light negative comments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the children of single parents in a column published in 1995. Faye Goldman, Interim Communications and Policy Director at Gingerbread responds:...
Report shows single parents held back in their careers and trapped in low paid roles
Posted 4 November 2019
With nearly half (49%) of children in single parent households living in poverty, low pay and financial hardship is a critical issue for many single parent families. In-work progression is a key way for single...
Gingerbread welcome SSAC’s call for social security strategy for separated parents
Posted 23 October 2019
Joe Richardson, Research and Policy Officer at Gingerbread, responds: “We welcome the focus of the SSAC’s report, which looks at how to alleviate the financial, emotional and psychological hardships that separated parents and their children can...
Gingerbread supports the Trussell Trust’s #5WeeksTooLong campaign
Posted 19 September 2019
As the Trust continues to urge the Government to end the five week wait for Universal Credit (UC), their latest policy report reveals that the longer the new benefits system has been rolled out in...
Gingerbread responds to new research from StepChange
Posted 18 September 2019
At Gingerbread, we know that debt is a big issue for many single parents. Our helpline team takes lots of calls on money issues and we regularly hear of the wide-reaching effects of debt on...
Gingerbread supports Pearson’s My Twist on a Tale writing competition
Posted 12 September 2019
Pearson are encouraging 4-16 year-olds to tear up the rule book and create their own 21st-Century take on classic fairy tales, fables and regional folk stories. Their competition aims to empower children and young people from...
Gingerbread appoints new Chief Executive
Posted 26 July 2019
We are delighted to announce that Victoria Benson has been appointed as Gingerbread’s new Chief Executive Officer. Victoria joins us from Macmillan Cancer Support, one of the UK’s largest charitable organisations, where she was Director of...
Gingerbread Celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2019
Posted 7 June 2019
From making their voices heard in Parliament to providing vital peer support through local groups, Gingerbread volunteers stand at the forefront of some of our most vital services, and stay true to the charity’s ethos...As a single parent herself, Gingerbread’s Chief Executive Officer Victoria Benson knows how vital the support of our volunteers can be. “We really couldn’t exist without volunteers. We’d have no groups, and single parents would lose...
New report shows single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships
Posted 5 March 2019
Single parents are ideal candidates to take up apprenticeships, but Gingerbread’s report, Making Apprenticeships and Traineeships Work for Single Parents, has found substantial evidence of barriers that inhibit them from accessing and progressing in these...