Spirited. Progressive. Creative. Mother. Feminist.


Single parents improving their lives, their children‘s lives and the lives of their communities. I see so many single parents doing this which is why I‘m always inspired.


Taking an overview. Multi-tasking. Coordinating people‘s strengths in collective action. Creating spaces to give more marginalized communities a voice. Putting in funding bids that incorporate all of the latter.


Holding back. Keeping quiet. Letting go.


Obtaining the support of the Third European Poverty Programme to set up the Single Parent Action Network. Not only did we get to do exchanges with single parents across England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland, but we got to travel to many other countries in the EU. We learnt so much, and that spirit has stayed with the organisation ever since.


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Supporting the development of SPAN‘s move to Junction 3, that includes an exciting new space for single parent families.


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Maximising SPAN‘s virtual space for single parents on SPAN‘s One Space website www.onespace.org.uk


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Collaborating with others, including women‘s organisations, for a more equal society – working to prevent the further impoverishment of one parent families in these present times.


 On a personal level, setting up a website with a friend – Café Society – out of the kitchen into the café, changing society and eating cake.


In 1990 I was working for a grassroots group of single parents from different ethnic cultures and backgrounds in Bristol. We wanted to develop a national network of self-help groups to improve the lives of one parent families living in poverty. I was successful in getting funding.


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