We’re delighted that the model, television personality and presenter – well known for her support of parenting and children’s charities – is involved in this year’s appeal. Having been a single parent since her now three-year-old...

Single parent, Ferne McCann (who you may know from Celebrity Best Home Cook, The Only Way is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… - or from her very own TV show, Ferne McCann: First Time Mum) has launched Gingerbread’s Single Parents’ Day 2021 fundraising appeal.

Since Single Parents’ Day 2020 – just two days before the UK went into its first lockdown – single parents across the country have been sole breadwinner, teacher, parent and playmate to their child/ren, twenty-four-seven,...

Single parent, Ferne McCann (who you may know from Celebrity Best Home Cook, The Only Way is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… - or from her very own TV show, Ferne McCann: First Time Mum) has launched Gingerbread’s Single Parents’ Day 2021 fundraising appeal.

Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, and StepChange, the UK’s leading debt charity, are today publishing a new report which shows the UK’s 2 million single parents are more likely than any other sector...

New report shows single parents more likely to experience problem debt and to live in persistent poverty. Many forced to go without food to make repayments.

Gingerbread, the leading national charity working with single parent families, is delighted to welcome Simon Bentley in his role as Chair of the Board of Trustees. Simon replaces Gingerbread’s Interim Chair, Fran Parry. Simon brings a...

Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released yesterday highlights the impact of Covid-19 on the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).  The data shows: An increase in compliance on CMS payments – albeit, driven entirely...

A new report published today by Gingerbread, the leading charity supporting single parent families, finds single parents with pre-school aged children in London face particular barriers to job-seeking under Universal Credit.  This group of single...

Findings of a new survey released today by Mumsnet and Gingerbread on the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) show: 86% say the CMS has allowed their ex to financially control or abuse them post-separation Nine out of ten...

Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, is partnering with Mumsnet and the Good Law Project (GLP) to support four women who have sent a Letter Before Claim to notify the Department for Work and...

Gingerbread, the charity that supports single parent families, is aware that due to the COVID-19 crisis the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be allowing parents who pay child maintenance to stop or reduce...

As schools and nurseries across the country close in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, many single parents will be worried about the challenges ahead and the impact on their families.  Gingerbread is calling on the...

A report published today by Gingerbread, the charity that supports single parent families, reveals that UK businesses are missing out on valuable workplace skills due to structural barriers which limit opportunities for single parents to...