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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 27 February 2019
Husna became a single mother of three at 24, and loves the outdoors, trekking and reading. Five years after her separation, she works as a journalist at leading media organisations including the BBC and ITV....
Posted 4 December 2017
Edith realised she was pregnant shortly after a tragic event. She discusses how the support of her friends and family helped her navigate pregnancy, and gives advice to any single mother who finds themselves juggling...
Posted 4 October 2017
Yvonne is 25 and lives in Enfield, North London, with her daughter, Jaeda, who is six and her son, Kaylan, who is five. Becoming a parent at a young age meant big life changes for...
Posted 3 October 2017
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...
Posted 3 October 2017
Rachel is 41 and has two children, Nancy (20) and Xander (6). She started the Horizons programme – a training programme run by Gingerbread and Barclaycard to help single parents takes steps towards a brighter...
Posted 3 October 2017
Jemma is 28 a single parent to two boys – Alfie, age six, and Archie, age two. She lives in Leicester and is a full-time hairdressing student alongside working self-employed as a hair/beauty and make-up...
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....
Posted 3 October 2017
From redundancy to lack of flexible working, Sacha tells her tale of employment challenges and how it led her to set up a business to help other single parents into work. When I meet people as...
Posted 2 October 2017
Caroline knows that being a single parent can be challenging, but she also sees that there are really great aspects to raising her daughter on her own – not least their very close and loving...
Posted 2 October 2017
Emily is 34 and lives in Poole with her son, James, who is two and a half. She became a single parent last year after her marriage broke down. She describes having James as the...
