# Merger for One Parent Families and Gingerbread

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/03/23/merger-one-parent-families-and-gingerbread/
- Published: 2007-03-23T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The two charities representing the interests of Britain’s 1.8m lone parents and 
their children have agreed in principle to merge.

Gingerbread and One Parent Families are currently working towards a date in May
to implement the merger which will create a single national charity solely dedicated
to supporting one-parent families and fighting against poverty that affects many
of them.

Deputy chief executive of One Parent Families Nigel Purkis said it was very early
days and no name had yet been decided for the new organisation. He said that Gingerbread
was very well-known among one-parent families, and One Parent Families among opinion
formers so we will be looking at how best to maximise the value of the brands. 
He said it was likely that both names would be retained in some format.

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It was also too early to say whether any staff would be affected by the merger, 
Purkis said, but added it was a very positive step to increase capacity and that
all possible efforts would be made to keep any redundancies to a minimum.

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