A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 6 month report July - Dec 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 3 month report Oct - Dec 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 3 month report July - Sept 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

We chat with Brandon Flack from DECIPHer, Cardiff University’s research centre, about ALPHA their programme to give young people the opportunity to advise on what research topics should have focus and feed into research studies. 

We chat with Steven Johnston from the Taffside Sauna about their offering and why it’s important to him to support Single Parents.

Rachel Brydon, Director at Single Parents Wellbeing, shares what the first six months of single parenthood really taught her - and the advice she wishes someone had given her at the start.

SPW Director, Rachel Brydon talks to us about the Stigma facing Single Parents and the revelation she has had recently while working to raise awareness, support organisations and launch a huge fundraising campaign.

Join us in celebrating Single Parents Day!
Despite 1 in 4 UK families being led by a single parent, single parent families are often overlooked or misunderstood. Today, our community is celebrating the love, resilience and strength of single parents while challenging the unfair stigma they face. Our #SingleParentCommunity Campaign includes organisations across the UK and Ireland, supporting and advocating for single parents. Together, we can celebrate, connect and challenge stigma this Single Parents Day 2026.

Rachel Brydon meets with Kathryn Fanstone of Zeus Family Law to discuss the significant impact of AppClose charges on co-parenting court orders and how parents can move forward.

In this blog post aimed at our young people, SPW’s Roy Ghoshal shares his experience of addictive tendencies and how important it is to develop healthy habits.

SPW’s Roy Ghoshal shares some creative ways we can connect with our children this Children’s Mental Health Week.

This Children’s Mental Health Week we have a selection of videos, worksheets and an online facilitated conversation to look at how we can best support our teen’s hard feelings.

We find out about the role of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, what 2026 will bring for them and how we can access their services.

We chat with a C4C youth volunteer who has been part of the project for almost 3 years about what they’ve learnt about themselves and what other organisations can do to support those from a Single Parent Household.

We chat with Gemma Watkins from NAS Swansea, a volunteer led branch of The National Autistic Society.

Leila Connolly from SPW Partner The Outdoor Partnership chats to us about their work to support people across all of Wales and other regions in the UK, to take up outdoor activities as a life-long pursuit.

SPW Partner Zoe Murphy chats to us about Out Loud Arts Collective CIC, founded to champion inclusivity, working-class representation in the arts sector and to support personal growth through creativity and how the organisation began as a way to make space for voices that are too often left out of the conversation.

Over time many single parents become part of a blended family with all the joys and struggles that entails. Single Parents Wellbeing has embraced blended families as part of its Community and is developing projects and support activities for blended families as part of its Strategic Direction for 2026. 

Jackie Fisher, who has been a part of the leadership team in SPW from the start, shares her blended family story.

Talia chatted with some of our Young People and their parents to see how folks in our community are spending their Christmas Day.

Among these, we share some of the difficult things we are anticipating, mixed with some of the brighter/more heart warming things we are grateful for!

Whatever your Christmas day is looking like this year, we hope you know you are not alone and that you can create your own unique, wonderful way of doing things! 

Looking for co-parenting apps in the UK? A practical guide for single parents, including free and low-cost options like TalkingParents and AppClose.