Parent stories. Professional insight.
Built by a single parent, for professionals to understand the impact of conditionality.
This site has a dual purpose: for parents to share their experiences of solo parenting to educate Job Centre coaches, advisors, social workers, and decision makers, and to compile evidence to inform policy change.
Universal credit conditionality operates under the assumption that single parents must be super parents and super workers. It's not an optional ideal or even motivational, it's a threat.
Read blog postsJob Centre coaches, employment advisors, policy makers, and researchers — this site gives you access to single-parent experiences of the benefit system. You can also share your thoughts completely anonymously.
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Single ParenthoodUniversal credit conditionality operates under the assumption that single parents must be super parents and super workers. It's not an optional ideal or even motivational, it's a threat.
August 2026 · 10 min read
Absent ParentsThe system that demands so much of the parent who stayed has almost nothing to say to the one who left.
August 2026 · 9 min read
The SystemIt doesn't take many meetings with work coaches to understand that those working with such a diverse, sometimes vulnerable, group aren't equipped to do so.
July 2026 · 8 min read
Much research on Universal Credit conditionality focuses on challenges to work, i.e. childcare and lack of flexible working. Most of us haven't been asked what choices we would want to make for us and our children and why. Survey takes around 10 minutes, is anonymous, and you can skip questions you don't want to answer.
"Single parents are not a homogeneous group - some have a village, some of us don't, some of us struggle with our physical and mental health, some don't."