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New national research on children's contact with parents after separation


New report on the financial consequences of domestic violence


Budget submission 2008: Charity calls on Chancellor for action on Child Poverty.

February 2008... Budget Submission 2008

'In work, better off': A Response to the Green Paper from One Parent Families|Gingerbread

October 2007... 'In work, better off': Response to the Green Paper

Work and lone parents - two new research reports

October 2007 Read our new research on London lone parents' choices around work and care and How 100,000 lone parents could be helped into work.

Sign up for One Parent Families|Gingerbread Policy e-bulletin

For anyone interested in poverty and welfare issues as well as single parent issues... Our free, monthly Policy e-bulletin
 
 
 
 
Our Policy Position
  
  Key Issues

These pages set out the key issues we are working on: Employment and education, Child Maintenance and the CSA, Contact, Poverty and Social Security and Children and Childcare.

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One Parent Families Manifesto

Our Manifesto 2006/07 sets out our campaigning priorities for the year ahead, and the areas where we think change must happen for lone parents and their children.

Current campaigns

Support our campaigns to ensure that lone parents and their children are not disadvantaged... Campaigns

Policy Archive

Our policy archive: Policy Papers 2005 and Policy Papers 2004. For information on social policy in the 19th and 20th Century read about our archive at the Women's Library.

How we work

This section sets out how the policy and research team works. ... How we work

 
 
 
Our Policy Publications
  
  Children's contact after separation; factors associated with contact, changes in contact, and the parents who become nonresident.

New research from One Parent Families|Gingerbread... Children's contact after separation

Lone Parent Facts

Read a summary of lone parent facts

Research Reports

One Parent Families carries out original research into issues of importance for lone parents and their children. Order Research Reports from these projects.

Personal Finance and One Parent Families: The Facts

Our latest publication in the informative Facts series provides up-to-date evidence on all aspects of lone parents' financial circumstances, including financial exclusion, debt, savings and assets, and pension provision. Personal Finance

The New Tax Credits System: Knowledge and Awareness Among Recipients

May 2005 This New Tax Credits System study focuses on the problems lone parents have experienced with the tax credits system and makes recommendation for change.

The Advice Needs of Lone Parents

Archive - October 2004 One Parent Families has published new research by Richard Moorhead, Mark Sefton and Gillian Douglas... Main findings on The Advice Needs of Lone Parents

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