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Posted 27 May 2010
Gingerbread President J K Rowling writes exclusively on stigma, welfare cuts and her experience of being a single parent. Nearly twenty years ago (it’s a shock to me to write that, because it still seems quite...
Posted 20 February 2020
Single parent Ria is going to be our champion fundraiser for the 2020 London Marathon! In most recent blog for us, she discusses her training regime and balancing priorities. You can read her first Single...
Posted 17 February 2020
Jemma lives in Linlithgow with her 8-year-old son Archie and when not trying to juggle childcare, housework and writing, works part-time as a web editor for the University of Edinburgh. Jemma won Gingerbread’s ‘One in...
Posted 16 December 2019
Hayley is a child of single parents and grew up in Berkshire. She is also a single parent herself to her daughter; they live together in Norfolk where she works as a teacher. She studied English...
Posted 4 June 2019
Gingerbread Group Coordinator Ema first heard about our peer support network when she was pregnant with her son. She initially set up the North West London Gingerbread Group with a few mums she knew in...
Posted 4 April 2019
Lauren is a single parent to her young son. In this blog, she writes about her experiences of making contact arrangements with her ex-partner, and offers her top tips for other parents who are establishing...
Posted 28 January 2019
Aneita is a 46 year old single mum to a five (soon to be six) year-old daughter. She was born in Hackney and grew up in London’s East End. She has experienced many different issues...
Posted 14 December 2018
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...
Posted 8 October 2018
After separating from her partner ten years ago, Vicki used Gingerbread’s advice and guidance to move forward with her son. Here, she discusses the emotional aspects of her journey as a single parent. Someone once said...
Posted 16 November 2017
Lidia has put together her top ten tips to support others get through the highs and lows of single parenthood. Love and accept yourself It’s not always easy to love and accept yourself as a single parent....Live without resentment One of the worst things in life is to have resentment and even worse is having resentment towards your children. I learnt a very valuable lesson. Sometimes resentment and hate can creep into...
Posted 3 October 2017
Sacha is 42 and lives in North London. She has two children, Ricky who is 25, and Saffron, 17. After becoming a single parent at 16, many people thought Sacha would never amount to anything....
