Much of that work went online during Covid when they also lobbied politicians to allow single parents to bubble for support.Īs well as securing £1.4m in Big Lottery funding to run wellbeing workshops for single parents, SPW has just won a £900,000 contract from the National Lottery Community Fund to create a mental health manifesto for young people in single-parent homes.Ī group of 10 to 24-year-olds from single-parent families in SPW will work with Swansea University, Public health Wales and the Mental Health Foundation.
The organisation quickly grew and now has more than 2,000 members, employs eight members of staff, and has 70 active volunteers running events and workshops with childcare. Rachel and Amy set up Single Parents Wellbeing, securing funding for self-help and advice sessions. Soon the walking group grew by word of mouth and it became clear single parents from all different backgrounds, were looking for mutual support. Rachel, 45, a naturally sociable person, felt lonely because her married friends were busy at weekends and holidays and she wanted to mix with other single parents. Read more: 'I got pregnant at 14 and had my daughter when I was 15 but still did my exams and went to uni' Amy Holland felt such a stigma around being a single mother than she avoided going out.
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