7th May 2008
Gingerbread NI is delighted to be working again in partnership with Marks & Spencer and One Parent Families|Gingerbread to deliver its Lone Parents Returning to Work programme.
This week 17 lone parents started the programme which offers work preparation training (within school hours, three days a week), tailored for lone parents. The programme aims to ease the transition into work by preparing lone parents for the transition and making them aware of the support channels available.
This programme will help the 17 lone parents make an informed decision about whether returning to work is right for them and will prepare them for the world of work whilst enhancing employability skills.
The next Lone Parents Returning to Work programme starts in September 2008.
For more information click here or contact Avril Mc Loughlin at Gingerbread on 028 9023 1417 or email avril@gingerbreadni.org.
18th March 2008
Click here to view Gingerbread's Spring Newsletter
13th March 2008
Today Gingerbread welcomed the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the performance of the Child Support Agency and called for urgent action to ensure that more maintenance reaches those who need it.
Click here for press release
25th February 2008
Gingerbread has launched it’s Advice Pack for lone parents in the North West
The pack offers advice a wide range of issues that affect lone parents.
Click here or email us advice@gingerbreadni.org if you would like a copy sent out
12th February 2008
Northern Ireland has double the rate of persistent child poverty than the rest of the UK
A report from Save the Children has outlined that children most affected by persistent poverty were children living in families dependent mainly on benefits, children living with a lone parent and children living in families with a disabled or elderly adult or a disabled child.
Click here for a copy of the report
9th Januray 2008
The Northern Ireland Assembly is currently conducting a Child Poverty Enquiry and has invited a number of organisations to give verbal evidence to the Committee. Gingerbread made a submission in conjunction with Children in Northern Ireland and MENCAP highlighting the impact of lone parenthood on Child Poverty. Click here for Gingerbread's statement to the committee.
