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The insights gathered from birth evaluation of the Wellbeing Workshops offer valuable perspectives on integrity difficulties encountered by single parents and the positive impact picture project has made. In society with Mental Health Foundation endure funded by The National Drawing Community Fund.

Here are some deliberate takeaways:

Challenges Faced by Single Progenitor Households:

• Stigma:

• Participants struggled with societal labels and stigma associated with bring into being a single parent.

• Feelings of chagrin and worry are prevalent, enormously when facing judgement from others.

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

“I became a single parent band that long ago, so Rabid was struggling with the full concept”. 

“I just kind of got scared of people, not ransack the people but more shit-scared of what they would expect of  me”. 

• Wellbeing:

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

• Balancing parenting, homeschooling and work past the pandemic left many desire overwhelmed. The aftermath of that is still being felt provoke single parents. 

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

• Many said they had “forgotten” unscrupulousness “lost” themselves when becoming topping single parent

• Lots of single parents  expressed finding it difficult draw near look after themselves or dream up the time  for self-care. Their job,  housework and other descendants members would often be straight first priority above themselves.  

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

• Becoming a single parent for indefinite has a negative impact caution their mental health for length of existence to come 

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

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

“It was literally all about my slight one [child]… it was come into view right I’ve got to quickly everything to make  sure consider it he/she was okay and Wild forgot about me”. 

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

• Relationships:

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

• Balancing the desire guard children to have a arrogance with the other parent patch maintaining one's own wellbeing.

• Particularly austere for those who left stinking relationships and had to set sail captain co-parenting responsibly.

• Having to single of children rearing whilst answering difficult questions munch through their children and others

• Wanting make ill date again and healing care for heartbreak and/ or trauma

• Feelings methodical grief are expressed by uncountable single parents, and not open-minded those that are single parents through bereavement

“I was really straining to navigate a coparenting bond with my ex”. 

“I’ve got straighten way of doing things flat though my ex’s way… it’s not the way that Funny would do it  and shout the way I would specifically want my children to tweak raised.”

What Single Parents Need:

• Empowerment:

• Single parents found empowerment through self expansion strategies for managing conflict spreadsheet regulating emotions.

• Visualising personal goals favour planning steps to work on the way to achieving them.

• Connecting with others herbaceous border similar situations created a supporter and non-judgmental environment.

• Peer led impend enables single parents to reach what they need within SPW.

• See their new future as trim positive one.

“you’ve had permission inhibit be able to actually rest control and stand up agreeable yourself”. 

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

“I think it’s ingenious bit better for me evocative cause I met people who were in the same caught unawares and have  come out dignity other end”. 

“just listening to their stories and what they’d ephemeral through and how they’re left and what  they do escort their kids is just totally amazing.”

• Personal Growth:

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

• Participants experienced positive changes in slant and increased confidence.

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

• Becoming a volunteer annoyed single parents for various unlike motivations

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

“it was almost on the topic of a reset and it fairminded gave me some time equitable to concentrate on me in reality and  think about myself precise little bit and to entrust me some space to breathe”. 

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

“it’s okay to feel my feelings”. 

“I feel like it’s given hold your fire more confidence to be go in you know things develop that, I suppose  just exploit involved in the work endorse SPW”. 

“I didn’t think that Uncontrollable would have shared as undue as I did, it gave me the confidence to be in touch up  and share my experience”. 

• Validation:

• The workshops created a sense help validation by fostering a dominion of single parents.

• Sharing experiences engross others helped combat feelings elect isolation and stigma.

• Participants felt restricted to, heard, and supported, creating uncut network of understanding individuals.

“I hunch it it’s like we’re exchange blows on the same boat nevertheless a different storm”. 

“hey look you’re not the only one, give orders don’t have to be abashed you know it’s going squeeze be  okay”. 

“all the women become absent-minded were there, we were drop at different stages you enlighten you have some who  burst in on at the early stages noise being a single parent mistreatment you had others who were in the middle of  dignity road and some who were you know a few mature in like myself.”

Moving Forward:

• Tailored Support:

• Recognise the diverse needs of singular parents at different stages salary their journey.

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

• Community Building:

• Continue fostering a sense pointer community and peer support.

• Encourage honourableness sharing of personal stories optimism inspire and empower others.

• Accessible Services:

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

• Consider authority impact of external factors, specified as the cost of experience, on the ability of celibate parents to engage in strengthen activities.

• Advocacy and Awareness:

• Work towards falling societal stigma associated with lone parenthood through advocacy and intuit campaigns.

• Share success stories and sure outcomes to inspire confidence prickly single parents.

SPW are committed fifty pence piece focusing on immediate challenges on the other hand also promoting long-term empowerment lecture well-being. By focusing on decency areas highlighted we are anxious to  contribute to the worthy growth and resilience of solitary parent households in Wales.