I was late in the game of parenthood, although had been a nanny for over 20 years so was very prepared to be a mother, when I eventually did it was at the age of...
Alison is a single parent of two children, a 20 year-old son and a 14 year-old daughter. She works part-time in a café in the North West of England after a career working for housing...
To mark Election Week, we’ve asked single parents to share their experiences of our key proposal policy areas. Our second blog was written by Sally, a single parent to four children: eight year-old Chester, six...
At Gingerbread, we’re really proud to have been empowering single parents to lead secure, happy and fulfilling lives for one hundred years. As we celebrate our Centenary Year, former single parent Sue writes about the...
When she became a single parent at 24, Aileen was faced with a tough decision – take any job to get by, or study and strive to achieve her dream? Read about Aileen’s journey as...
Rachel is a single mum to her one-year-old son Thomas. She tells her story of stigma, post-partum psychosis and why seeking and accepting help is so important.
I was 19 when I found out I was...
Remi lives in London with her son Raphael, 15. She and her husband had a privileged life, employing a nanny and sending Raphael to private school. However, after their marriage broke down things changed dramatically...
Janine is bringing up her three daughters on her own. She has been a single mum for two years.
Single parents are not lazy! How could anyone think we are? It is a tiring job with...
Kerri has been a single parent to her daughter, Ellie, for almost eight years. After time on income support following redundancy, and struggling to find the part-time job she needed, Kerri decided to retrain and...
Naomi is 34 and a single mum to six year-old Tobey. She recently made the decision to complete a PGCE in higher education while working full time and raising her son.
Splitting up
Tobey’s dad and I...
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