@SingleParentRights
The campaign for equality for single parents in the UK.
Join our in person single parents day event: Walthamstow, 20th March
Join our in person single parents day event: Walthamstow, 20th March
Join Orla Donoghue from Solas Coaching as she hosts a special panel event in celebration of Single Parents Day.
Read our report into parental leave and single parents
Read our report into parental leave and single parents
Sign the petition to improve bereavement support payments
Sign the petition to improve bereavement support payments
Reform Bereavement Support Payment so families with and without dependent children receive help beyond 18 months, with annual uprating to reflect cost of living.
Read the article about parental leave and single parents
Read the article about parental leave and single parents
Sign the petition for paid parental leave
Sign the petition for paid parental leave
We call on the UK Government to give one parent per household a statutory right to paid leave when their child is too ill to attend nursery or school, with pay and requirements equivalent to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
Read our latest blog post
Read our latest blog post
A Manifesto for Single Parent Families
A Manifesto for Single Parent Families
Download our single parent inclusion policy for schools
Download our single parent inclusion policy for schools
NEW research shows 81% of single parents find new 30 hours UC work requirements "unmanageable"
NEW research shows 81% of single parents find new 30 hours UC work requirements "unmanageable"
UC Conditionality Changes and DWP Guidance Explained
UC Conditionality Changes and DWP Guidance Explained
Learn more about the UC work requirement changes
Learn more about the UC work requirement changes
Childcare Voices: Listen to our podcast on single parents and childcare
Childcare Voices: Listen to our podcast on single parents and childcare
Listen to Childcare Voices wherever you get your podcasts!
‘I’m desperate’: Single mother students forced to repay benefits paid in error
‘I’m desperate’: Single mother students forced to repay benefits paid in error
DWP asks one postgraduate to find £24,000 despite being told she was entitled to the universal credit claim
The juggle - single parent employment research report
The juggle - single parent employment research report
Sign our petition for single parent equality
Sign our petition for single parent equality
Incorporate single parents as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010
Download our single parent inclusive HR policies
Download our single parent inclusive HR policies
Single parents and the pandemic essay in the Global Institute for Women's Leadership collection of essays on equality
Single parents and the pandemic essay in the Global Institute for Women's Leadership collection of essays on equality
Read our latest essay collection
Read our research on single parent discrimination
Read our research on single parent discrimination
Why We Need to Talk About Single Parent Discrimination
Why We Need to Talk About Single Parent Discrimination
Response from the Minister of Equalities on our parliamentary question
Response from the Minister of Equalities on our parliamentary question
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
Donate to the campaign
Donate to the campaign
Write to your MP
Write to your MP
Go to our website
Go to our website
Read about the campaign in the Guardian
Read about the campaign in the Guardian
Read about the campaign in Harpers Bazaar
Read about the campaign in Harpers Bazaar
Have you experienced discrimination? Access resources to support you here.
Have you experienced discrimination? Access resources to support you here.
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