Shakira Morka, research intern at the Mental Health Foundation in partnership with Single Parents Wellbeing, spoke with 18 single parents in Wales from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds to uncover some of the reasons behind the barriers to accessing support.

Even before this pandemic research consistently showed that single parents are likely to experience loneliness and isolation. Loneliness and isolations has always been a big issue for single parents and something that is brought up over and over again with SPW members.