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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 24 June 2022
by Sarah Ashe We all have different goals when it comes to fitness. Some of us exercise because we want to look better, to create the perfect summer body or shed some pounds for a special...
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 7 April 2022
I am Carly, single mum to Ezra. He is almost 4, so he was not even 2 years old when we first went into the pandemic. I do not co-parent, so I am doing the...
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 23 July 2021
Dan and Brad, two of five siblings whose mother passed away in 2015, are fitness fanatics undertaking a HUGE cycle challenge in aid of Gingerbread. We’re so inspired by their story – and their work...
Posted 14 May 2021
As a single parent, I understand that I need to take care of myself. I’ve known this for a number of years now. I fully understand that I carry the can – in good times and in not–so–good...
Posted 22 April 2020
I am a single mother to two hyperactive boys of four and seven and a feisty one-year-old girl. I am parenting 24/7 while managing court case number six in three years of a difficult divorce....
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...
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