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Posted 21 March 2022
When I became a single parent I had six children at home. It was a time of huge change and I didn’t know where to start. I felt completely on my own, I had nowhere...
Posted 13 June 2022
I suppose I consider myself a more ‘unusual’ single parent. I am gay, and also a mother who doesn’t live with her son. My son is now 2 and a half and, very sadly, I separated...
Posted 9 June 2022
by Em Pointer Exercise is one of those things that all too often we say we’ll do and then we don’t really know where to begin, so we put it off and then life gets in...
Posted 27 May 2022
by Em Pointer As soon as you become a parent, exercise often goes out of the window. Whether it’s due to sleep deprivation or driving back and forth to all the weekend activities, our priorities change...
Posted 13 May 2022
Nicky is a single parent to two children, Margot (11) and Ferris (8), and a firm believer in the power of exercise for both mental and physical health. Juggling a busy family life with running...
Posted 28 March 2022
“Sharon” (not her real name) is an African-American single mother who moved to London to work and study. In July 2018, my brain melted. Literally. I didn’t know it at the time, but I had a blood clot in my brain. There were no previous neurological symptoms in my medical history. The week before...
Posted 27 March 2022
Julia is a single mother with 2 kids. Originally from Brazil, she came to the UK to study and now works full time as a Violence Against Women and Girls advisor. When I first started my journey as a single parent, I was fairly young. At the time I did not have a support network, my education being secondary school level, and I was on a...
Posted 24 March 2022
Tracy is a single mum to a son aged 18 and a daughter aged 11. She has been a single parent ever since her son was born. As a single parent I’ve always had to be self-reliant. I was even in the labour room on my own when my son was born! But I’ve also learned that it’s important not to be...
Posted 10 February 2022
Four years into my single parent journey, an email landed in my inbox asking me to take part in Gingerbread’s centenary celebrations and I knew we had to get involved. I found Gingerbread in the toughest...
Posted 18 December 2020
Holidays, special occasions and cultural celebrations are an important aspect of family life. Many single parent families will be celebrating the festive season in their own, unique ways. In this post, single parent Yael, who...
Posted 30 October 2020
Aneita from London is a single mum to her one child, Olivia aged 7. She was born and raised in the east end of London. Aneita works part time as an administrator and is also...
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