You can now join free of charge as a lone parent. Ring up their helpline
below and join straight away. This is the best advice for any lone parent.
You can also ring up if you need to speak to someone. This is an excellent
organisation working for the best welfare for you and your children.
They provide a voice for lone parents on the things that matter and
offer information that you can trust, enabling you to help yourself
and your family.
Not only do they provide friendly information and advice but they also
work in the community to develop new solutions to changing needs. They
really do make you feel that you are not alone (indeed, you are not)
and that help is at hand.
Their varied publications, easy to read and to the point, are excellent
and really do make a difference! Just ask if they have one related to
your problem.
Chances are that they will and it will be specifically written with
you in mind.
Please kindly say that you found them via this site.
One parent
families website
Their free phone helpline also provides a vital service:
Lone Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026
Opening times: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm and open until 8pm on Wednesdays.
Free information for lone parents on: benefits, work, education, relationship
breakdown and child maintenance, children and holidays. Information
on other helpful organisations and groups throughout the UK is also
available.
Lone
Parent Help Desk
Searchable information for lone parents on a range of topics, available
online, 24 hours a day.
Other people may also join by becoming a supporter. This is a very useful
way to support a friend or relative as you will be able to assist them
by keeping abreast of the current news and publications, at a time when
it is difficult for them to concentrate fully. The cost is £20 a year.
Money booklets
Bank accounts: managing your money.
Debt: managing your money.
Separation: managing your money. An updated booklet on "Holidays" is
now available with ideas for everyone from holidays with other lone
parents on a shoestring to house swapping. Everyone needs a break.
"Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends."
John Lennon