Laura Eccott giving a speech behind a lectern speaking into microphone and being clapped my MPs

Laura Eccott receiving an award from Gingerbread and smiling

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Group of award winners with MPs and gingerbread workers

Thank you @gingerbreadcharity.bsky.social for organising a single parents day event at Westminster 🧡
I attended to give my speech to challenge MPs ‘to keep single-parent families visible : so you keep us in mind when creating national policy’.…
…. And left with an award! #SingleParent #LoneParent

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Dear @gingerbreadcharity.bsky.social it’s been a pleasure, so proud we have impacted the removal of the two child benefit cap and Child Maintenance Service reform- here’s to further progress over the upcoming year 🧡 #CMS #BenefitCap #LoneParent #Gingerbread

Calls for stronger remote working rights The Labour Party, as well as a number of trade unions and campaign groups, have called for stronger remote working rights for employees.

❌Currently, there is no legal right for employees to work remotely and we support legislation which would give workers the fundamental right to remote work, when and where possible.

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#RemoteWork #OneParentFamily #LoneParent

2nd child flown the nest to uni. All settled and happy.
Me on the other hand, trying not to cry in the Indian take away. There are times being a lone parent proper sucks. #mealforone #loneparent

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📢 We’re at Taoisaech Michael Martin’s Child Poverty Summit today, highlighting the lived experience of parents from our Advocacy Project and the urgent need for action to address record rates of child poverty @gov.ie
#ChildPoverty #EndChildPoverty #Budget2026 #oneparentfamily #loneparent

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☑️Key actions in our Pre-Budget Submission which would protect the most vulnerable families

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📻 Our CEO, Karen Kiernan and Chair of National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) will be on Castlebar FM at 12:10pm today to discuss NOPFA's Pre-Budget Submission which was launched yesterday.

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🚨This is of critical importance to one-parent families. It’s vital that everybody has access to legal aid and representation so that best outcomes can be achieved in court for parent and child.

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#familylaw #oneparentfamily #loneparent #domesticviolence #VAW #EndVAW

🚨 Calling lone parents 🚨

⭐ This is a unique opportunity for you to create positive, meaningful changes for one-parent families.

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#oneparentfamily #loneparent #helpline #singleparent #coparenting #separated
#advocacy

Jasmine was unable to work due to mental health issues. Read the Employability Day Blog to find out how OPFS helped her into work.

Jasmine, a single mum of 3 from Motherwell, overcame huge personal challenges with support from OPFS North Lanarkshire to move into work.

This is her story—told by her Employability Worker.

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#EmpDay25 #SingleParents #Scotland #Employability #LoneParent

Major thanks to all who came to our Open Day last week!❤️

🤝Wonderful to meet professionals working with one-parent families to highlight the services and supports we run - building connections so we can work together to support those families.

#NGO #oneparentfamily #loneparent #singleparent

❤️ Thank you so much to the Toy Show Appeal, Community Foundation Ireland and to every single person who previously donated to the appeal. Your contribution makes a massive difference.

#RTEToyShowAppeal #toyshow
#oneparentfamily #loneparent #singleparent #donation #charity

📢 We will be calling for action in these key areas in our Budget 2026 campaign to achieve meaningful change for one-parent families

#poverty #childpoverty #housing #familyhomelessness #Budget2026 #oneparentfamily #loneparent #singleparent #MESL (2/2)

New bookage for a change of season. From cooking for four to two and in two years just me is a learning curve as I can’t stand food waste. #FlyingTheNest #LoneParent #SelfCare #LoveFoodHateWaste

Lettuce, peppers, spring onions, carrots and radishes.

Meal prepping for teenagers lunch boxes for this week. I’m away for 3 days on a course. They have lunchable style boxes so can just grab a wrap, cheese/meat and veg in each section, bag crisps and go. Saves time, cheaper than pre packed and great for exam revision grazing #loneparent

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Paper pretty much finished. Halfway through slides. I call that a productive day! #CoWorking #Dyslexia #PhdLife #LoneParent

More people in poorer health in deprived areas despite lower unemployment and better education, ESRI report reveals More people are in poor health in deprived areas of the country despite an increase in employment rates and more people completing education, a new report found.

❌The negative impacts on people's health shows a clear need for targeted resources and services to those in disadvantaged areas to ensure all have equitable access to healthcare

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#oneparentfamily #ERSIresearch #loneparent #singleparent

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This week’s lone parent wins… I’ve tamed the garden and fixed a flooded dishwasher on my own. Feeling epic and quite butch 😂 #loneparent

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GCSE English Literature Revision.
Testing plot and quote recall by comparing screen play to script. #revision #loneparent #AlwaysAnEnglishTeacher

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I’m in it for the dings! (Ignore the dates I use the app only on a deep clean and the kids’ chores) Spring deep clean. I know how to party on a bank holiday. #LoneParent #SweepyApp

‘Mum, you don’t have to tell me you love me all the time’
Yes,yes I do.
As my Granny James used to say, ‘the world will batter them enough, you can’t spoil them with love’ #mum #loneparent

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In today’s my teens are lush… Laura cleaned the defrosted fridge freezer (one of my pet hate chores) and Grace put all my Easter craft boxes away and cleaned the hallway so I could have an early night after all the driving in the last couple of days. Team work. #LoneParent

Have sent in WinP abstract for a CTF research day. One of those moments that the win was actually feeling confident enough in my own academic voice to send one in. Anything else is a bonus. I’m so chuffed to be on this journey, I don’t take it for granted. #PhDlife #loneparent #workingclass

One of the things that hits you like a brick after 10 yrs loneparenting is the stark reality of a quickly emptying nest and lack of socialising over the years. So I’ve joined a queer women’s book club. I’m going to go for the 1st time in May. The book choice is really good. #loneparent

❓Feeling isolated?🤝We understand the experience of parenting alone & how challenging it can be to move back into education or employment✅Sign up for our next New Steps course now:

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#oneparentfamily #loneparent @social-protection.bsky.social

Laura Eccott with a brown bob hair and a cream blazer smiling whilst on a train with a field seen through window.

On my way to @gingerbreadcharity.bsky.social to spend the day on the Campaign Advisory Group - looking forward to sharing my experiences as a lone parent to help strive to protect others from experiencing the same hardship. #SEND #LoneParent #Gingerbread

🚨Our response to Economic and Social Research Institute latest findings on low-income earners
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

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#costofliving #oneparentfamilies #loneparent