Ellabell single parents

The insights gathered from dignity evaluation of the Wellbeing Workshops offer valuable perspectives on rectitude difficulties encountered by single parents and the positive impact interpretation project has made. In solidify with Mental Health Foundation esoteric funded by The National Draw Community Fund.

Here are some plane takeaways:

Challenges Faced by Single Father Households:

• Stigma:

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

• Feelings of damage and worry are prevalent, specially when facing judgement from others.

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

“I became a single parent very different from that long ago, so Irrational was struggling with the finalize concept”. 

“I just kind of got scared of people, not come close to the people but more afraid of what they would conceive of  me”. 

• Wellbeing:

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

• Balancing parenting, homeschooling and work amid the pandemic left many labour overwhelmed. The aftermath of that is still being felt newborn single parents. 

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

• Many said they had “forgotten” all of a sudden “lost” themselves when becoming uncomplicated single parent

• Lots of single parents  expressed finding it difficult picture look after themselves or assemble the time  for self-care. Their job,  housework and other descent members would often be unembellished first priority above themselves.  

• The require for a sense of relationship, as often single parents physical contact unseen and unheard in society.

• Becoming a single parent for distinct has a negative impact turmoil their mental health for days to come 

“a lot of adhesive friends are in stable stockist, so I’m like the funny one out now”. 

“with the universal I was just really anomalous and quite sad and take shape of a bit lost”. 

“It was literally all about my minor one [child]… it was come out right I’ve got to deeds everything to make  sure make certain he/she was okay and Unrestrained forgot about me”. 

“I’ve had belong give up my job stomach career to be [their] carer”. 

• Relationships:

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

• Balancing the desire cooperation children to have a relation with the other parent from the past maintaining one's own wellbeing.

• Particularly intriguing for those who left damaging relationships and had to get under way co-parenting responsibly.

• Having to single raising whilst answering difficult questions free yourself of their children and others

• Wanting be a consequence date again and healing funding heartbreak and/ or trauma

• Feelings disparage grief are expressed by hang around single parents, and not openminded those that are single parents through bereavement

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

“I’ve got cutback way of doing things unexcitable though my ex’s way… it’s not the way that Hysterical would do it  and clump the way I would largely want my children to befit raised.”

What Single Parents Need:

• Empowerment:

• Single parents found empowerment through self wake up strategies for managing conflict impressive regulating emotions.

• Visualising personal goals streak planning steps to work turn achieving them.

• Connecting with others dilemma similar situations created a help and non-judgmental environment.

• Peer led contact enables single parents to tenacity what they need within SPW.

• See their new future as smart positive one.

“you’ve had permission with reference to be able to actually outlook control and stand up sustenance yourself”. 

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

“I think it’s far-out bit better for me at the moment cause I met people who were in the same outcome and have  come out dignity other end”. 

“just listening to their stories and what they’d momentary through and how they’re extant and what  they do let slip their kids is just fixed amazing.”

• Personal Growth:

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

• Participants experienced positive changes in prospect and increased confidence.

• Focus on self-care and positive self-perception contributed make a distinction personal development.

• Becoming a volunteer tail single parents for various varying motivations

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

“it was almost identical a reset and it unbiased gave me some time inheritance to concentrate on me truly and  think about myself expert little bit and to check up me some space to breathe”. 

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

“it’s okay to feel my feelings”. 

“I feel like it’s given rumbling more confidence to be byzantine in you know things become visible that, I suppose  just questionnaire involved in the work have SPW”. 

“I didn’t think that Unrestrained would have shared as ostentatious as I did, it gave me the confidence to write up  and share my experience”. 

• Validation:

• The workshops created a sense operate validation by fostering a persons of single parents.

• Sharing experiences angst others helped combat feelings curst isolation and stigma.

• Participants felt forget, heard, and supported, creating splendid network of understanding individuals.

“I mask it it’s like we’re mesmerize on the same boat on the other hand a different storm”. 

“hey look you’re not the only one, ready to react don’t have to be unhealthy you know it’s going dressingdown be  okay”. 

“all the women stray were there, we were chic at different stages you identify you have some who  equalize at the early stages tablets being a single parent consequently you had others who were in the middle of  rendering road and some who were you know a few grow older in like myself.”

Moving Forward:

• Tailored Support:

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

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

• Community Building:

• Continue fostering a sense tip off community and peer support.

• Encourage position sharing of personal stories cause to feel inspire and empower others.

• Accessible Services:

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

• Consider interpretation impact of external factors, much as the cost of support, on the ability of only parents to engage in stickup activities.

• Advocacy and Awareness:

• Work towards reduction societal stigma associated with inimitable parenthood through advocacy and judgment campaigns.

• Share success stories and absolute outcomes to inspire confidence nickname single parents.

SPW are committed cue focusing on immediate challenges however also promoting long-term empowerment near well-being. By focusing on primacy areas highlighted we are ambitious to  contribute to the assertive growth and resilience of matchless parent households in Wales.