Lone Parent Membership

Who can join as a Lone Parent member?
Lone Parent membership is open to any lone parent with sole custody of a dependant child or children.

A lone parent maybe:

• widowed
• separated
• divorced
• single (never having married)
• single and pregnant or
• have a spouse/partner in long-term institutional care

(Long term institutional care is defined as hospitalisation for 6 weeks or more or having a prison sentence of 4 years plus)

Therefore, Lone Parent Members of Gingerbread N are the parents who have or will have (in the case of single and pregnant women) sole day-to-day care of dependant children.

A dependant is:

1. any child under the age of 18 years;
2. a person who is over 18 years and due to a physical or mental disability is unable to become independent of his/her parent; or
3. a person pursuing education/training who is unable to become independent of his/her parent.

So, are you a lone parent with sole custody of your child(ren)?

Then why not become a Lone Parent Member of Gingerbread? There are loads of reasons why you should join and it's FREE!

Join today and help us influence how lone parents are viewed!

Complete the on-line application form and it will be emailed directly to membership services at Gingerbread today!  Alternatively, you can down-load and print out an application form and post it to:

Associate Membership

Are you part of an organisation which works with lone parents or is interested in issues affecting one-parent family? Are you an individual who is interested in the issues affecting lone parents? Then why not join Gingerbread NI and help support us influence how lone parents are viewed?

You'll be kept right up-to-date with:

• research being conducted into lone parents in Northern Ireland
• how lone parents will be affected changes in legislation or Government thinking
• and what's happening in general with lone parents in Northern Ireland.

Join today and help us influence how lone parents are viewed!

Complete the on-line application form and it will be emailed directly to membership services at Gingerbread today!  Alternatively, you can down-load and print out an application form and post it to: