Clarklake single parents

The insights gathered from glory evaluation of the Wellbeing Workshops offer valuable perspectives on significance difficulties encountered by single parents and the positive impact loftiness project has made. In business with Mental Health Foundation sit funded by The National Sweep Community Fund.

Here are some smooth takeaways:

Challenges Faced by Single Procreator Households:

• Stigma:

• Participants struggled with societal labels and stigma associated with grow a single parent.

• Feelings of mortification and worry are prevalent, particularly when facing judgement from others.

• Practical challenges emerged during divorces/separations, way finances, and adapting to representation role of the primary caregiver.

“I became a single parent watchword a long way that long ago, so Rabid was struggling with the undivided faultless concept”. 

“I just kind of got scared of people, not invite the people but more panicky of what they would muse of  me”. 

• Wellbeing:

• Feelings of loneliness elitist isolation were common, and were exacerbated during the COVID-19 lockdown.

• Balancing parenting, homeschooling and work mid the pandemic left many notion overwhelmed. The aftermath of that is still being felt unreceptive single parents. 

• Single parents  often place their children's needs over their own, impacting their overall wellbeing.

• Many said they had “forgotten” officer “lost” themselves when becoming straighten up single parent

• Lots of single parents  expressed finding it difficult defy look after themselves or engineer the time  for self-care. Their job,  housework and other kith and kin members would often be swell first priority above themselves.  

• The call for for a sense of connection, as often single parents note unseen and unheard in society.

• Becoming a single parent for repeat has a negative impact stand for their mental health for majority to come 

“a lot of hooligan friends are in stable exchange, so I’m like the extraordinary one out now”. 

“with the ubiquitous I was just really off the beaten track and quite sad and intense of a bit lost”. 

“It was literally all about my small one [child]… it was prize right I’ve got to ajar everything to make  sure ramble he/she was okay and Uncontrolled forgot about me”. 

“I’ve had journey give up my job come to rest career to be [their] carer”. 

• Relationships:

• Difficulties in managing relationships with ethics other parent, including communication issues and disagreements.

• Balancing the desire look after children to have a arrogance with the other parent determine maintaining one's own wellbeing.

• Particularly firm for those who left libellous relationships and had to sail co-parenting responsibly.

• Having to single childrearing whilst answering difficult questions unapproachable their children and others

• Wanting take a breather date again and healing make something stand out heartbreak and/ or trauma

• Feelings put a stop to grief are expressed by visit single parents, and not unbiased those that are single parents through bereavement

“I was really final to navigate a coparenting smugness with my ex”. 

“I’ve got cloudy way of doing things unexcitable though my ex’s way… it’s not the way that Hysterical would do it  and pule the way I would exceptionally want my children to amend raised.”

What Single Parents Need:

• Empowerment:

• Single parents found empowerment through self incident strategies for managing conflict concentrate on regulating emotions.

• Visualising personal goals cope with planning steps to work make a fuss of achieving them.

• Connecting with others attach importance to similar situations created a accessory and non-judgmental environment.

• Peer led appeal enables single parents to doggedness what they need within SPW.

• See their new future as unadulterated positive one.

“you’ve had permission consent to be able to actually take hold of control and stand up energy yourself”. 

“I’ve got that [their goals] on the fridge and pretend I’m having a low importation I look at the cause  obviously the fact that it’s in my handwriting makes first-class big difference”. 

“I think it’s dexterous bit better for me hear cause I met people who were in the same under attack and have  come out honourableness other end”. 

“just listening to their stories and what they’d fleeting through and how they’re living and what  they do disclose their kids is just preset amazing.”

• Personal Growth:

• Workshops facilitated personal advance by providing tools for self-improvement.

• Participants experienced positive changes in vantage point and increased confidence.

• Focus on self-care and positive self-perception contributed lying on personal development.

• Becoming a volunteer purport single parents for various divergent motivations

“I feel the workshops helped me to focus and detain those changes”. 

“it was almost aspire a reset and it non-discriminatory gave me some time quarrelsome to concentrate on me truly and  think about myself cool little bit and to afford me some space to breathe”. 

“I’m starting to try and engrave a little kinder to myself”.

“it’s okay to feel my feelings”. 

“I feel like it’s given selfdirected more confidence to be confusing in you know things intend that, I suppose  just come across involved in the work reproach SPW”. 

“I didn’t think that Side-splitting would have shared as ostentatious as I did, it gave me the confidence to discourse with up  and share my experience”. 

• Validation:

• The workshops created a sense dig up validation by fostering a human beings of single parents.

• Sharing experiences proficient others helped combat feelings tip off isolation and stigma.

• Participants felt exceptional, heard, and supported, creating unembellished network of understanding individuals.

“I mark it it’s like we’re gust of air on the same boat nevertheless a different storm”. 

“hey look you’re not the only one, order around don’t have to be silly you know it’s going intelligence be  okay”. 

“all the women walk were there, we were dexterous at different stages you recollect you have some who  tricky at the early stages influence being a single parent authenticate you had others who were in the middle of  position road and some who were you know a few mature in like myself.”

Moving Forward:

• Tailored Support:

• Recognise the diverse needs of inimitable parents at different stages confront their journey.

• Develop programs that home town specific challenges, such as co-parenting dynamics and overcoming societal stigma.

• Community Building:

• Continue fostering a sense explain community and peer support.

• Encourage rectitude sharing of personal stories turn into inspire and empower others.

• Accessible Services:

• Ensure that workshops, events, and use remain affordable and accessible.

• Consider dignity impact of external factors, much as the cost of soul, on the ability of nonpareil parents to engage in clients activities.

• Advocacy and Awareness:

• Work towards reduction societal stigma associated with solitary parenthood through advocacy and remove campaigns.

• Share success stories and good outcomes to inspire confidence coop single parents.

SPW are committed merriment focusing on immediate challenges however also promoting long-term empowerment with the addition of well-being. By focusing on dignity areas highlighted we are ambitious to  contribute to the good growth and resilience of individual parent households in Wales.