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Posted 8 February 2021
I had two options: to use the little energy I had to be bitter and seek revenge or to focus on our future, rebuild my life and be happy again. I chose the latter. To...
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 13 November 2020
To everyone celebrating Diwali – especially those from single parent families – Gingerbread and our trustees wish you peace, prosperity, happiness and harmony during this special time. This weekend, millions of Hindu, Sikh and Jain families...
Posted 29 April 2020
Daniel Betts is a single parent from Basingstoke UK. He runs the website The Breaking Dad and the Instagram account @the_breaking_dad, documenting his journey through single parenthood. Alone. For single parents across the UK, that’s the reality...
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 25 February 2018
Robert Peston is voicing our BBC Radio 4 appeal. Here’s why he is supporting Gingerbread: https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Robert-Peston-Gingerbread-appeal.mp3 Transcript: Hello I’m Robert Peston. Now, I became a single parent a few years ago when my wife died of cancer. My...
Posted 8 October 2012
Tamsin lives in South West London with her children Amber, who is nine, and Oscar, who is seven. She is the group co-ordinator of the North Barnes Gingerbread group. Tamsin recently spoke about her experiences...
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...
