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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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Read the latest news and views on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
Life as a single parent at the end of the COVID-19 safety nets – the untold human story
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...
What ‘Freedom Day’ Means For Single Parents
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...
Gingerbread calls on the Government to scrap unfair child maintenance fees
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...
The Linbury Trust awards £150,000 grant to Gingerbread’s free expert helpline for single parents
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
Gingerbread chosen as Charity of the Year by the new Camden Mayor, Councillor Sabrina Francis
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...
New Gingerbread report finds single parents with pre-school children in London face distinct challenges to job-seeking under Universal Credit
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...
New report warns single parents will be locked out of work and forced into poverty unless the Government ‘Builds Back Better’ for everyone
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...
Gingerbread chosen as Charity of the Year by the new Camden Mayor, Councillor Sabrina Francis
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...
Statement: Gingerbread is committed to challenging inequality in all forms.
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...
Introducing Ferne McCann for the Gingerbread Single Parents’ Day 2021 appeal!
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,...
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