Welcome to Sole Parents’ Union
Sole Parents’ Union is a non-profit community advocacy organisation that works on behalf of all sole parents, representing their views and issues to government. We work on behalf of both female and male sole parents, share-care parents, and children.
Latest News
Child Support Survey now open
Our short survey will take you less than 5 minutes and will help us work with the Child Support Agency to improve the way the ycommunicate with you.Click here to take survey
More single mothers in paid work
Is a mother's worth measured only by whether or not she is in paid work? A new study by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra reportedly shows that more single mothers are in the paid workforce as a result of Howard government welfare reforms.We haven't yet seen the reserach an dare hoping it includes information about the outcomes for those women and their families
Resources for single parents
We have a lot of resources on our website, but it's always good tofind something new.This Raising Children Network has a lot of information for single parents. It also has real life stories, which are a great help in knowing your not alone.Check it out
Latest Blog Post
How to have a merry Christmas while juggling children’s schedules
Christmas can be a difficult time for single parent and blended families. Trying to come to an agreement on where children will be and when, let alone where Santa will deliver presents, can cause otherwise amicable arran
How to help children caught in the middle
Caught in the Middle Tara Fass, Huffington Post, 28 October 2011 The bifurcated child — shuttling between the homes of his or her separated or divorced parents — is, by definition, caught in the middle. Imagi
We’re back
Hello again everybody, and welcome back. Our apologies for the website being down for so long. Hackers are the bane of our existence. Our various websites have all been hacked over the years, but I’m sure we’
