Single Parents Day is a day for single parents to reflect on and celebrate their achievements, for the world to show single parents how much they’re valued and for organisations like to join in – and push for a more equal society, in which all families are on a level playing field, however many parents they have!
- There are around 1.8 million single parents – they make up nearly a quarter of families with dependent children
- Less than one per cent of single parents are teenagers
- Around 90 per cent of single parents are women
- The average age of a single parent is 39 years
- 21 per cent of single parents are from a Black or minority ethnic background (including those of other White origin, apart from White British), compared with 16 per cent nationally
- 28 per cent of single parents have a disability, compared with 14 per cent of couple parents
Gingerbread Helpline 0808 802 0925
The helpline is available:
- Mondays: 10am to 6pm
- Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays: 10am to 4pm
- Wednesdays: 10am to 1pm and 5pm to 7pm
- The helpline is closed on all public holidays
Gingerbread information and support
Gingerbread have an online forum, groups and lots of useful information for families.
- Support for Single Dads
- Young Single Parents
- LGBTQ+ single parents
- Disability
- Child Maintenance
- Benefits, Tax Credits & Universal Credit
- Bereavement
- Childcare
- Contact arrangements
- Disability
- Housing
