Effective Ways to Improve the Single Parent Experience

Fiona Small at the Young Mums Support Network talks about how they are working with young mums – particularly during the COVID lockdowns – when a lot of mothers were impacted with mental health issues, isolation, lack of support and problems accessing services.

Fiona talks about how they engage with young mums using social channels and their website and how they work with other local authorities to support and break down the stigma surrounding single young mums. During lockdown, the Young Mums Support Network have been innovative in their approach – hosting ‘rooms’ with up to 100 women, stimulating healthy conversation between women which was helpful and really needed.

Fiona explains that the network is there to help young mums with tools to equip them so they can flourish in life and talks about the new book: ‘Effective ways to improve single parent experience.’