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opfs.org.uk
#TransformingChildMaintenance will meet #FixTheCMS at Gingerbread’s launch at House of Lords today

Our work with @ipprscotland.bsky.social + @fifegingerbread.bsky.social reaches same conclusions as Gingerbread research:

#CMS needs URGENT reform to support single parent families across the UK!
FixTheCMS Invite your MP to our event in Parliament Gingerbread Transforming Child Maintenance A fairer system for children and families
January 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
jrf-uk.bsky.social
Our latest report with Gingerbread finds single-parent families are less likely to live in poverty when they get the right child maintenance.

Reforming the Child Maintenance Service must be part of plans to tackle child poverty 📢

Read this latest report with Gingerbread #FixtheCMS: bit.ly/4eUWjFv
"There was something the other day... I didn't have any change and he went, 'you can always take some money from my money box', and it just broke my heart" Parent with care, no maintenance arrangement.
November 29, 2024 at 4:15 PM
danielsutherland.bsky.social
Learned a lot working on this report with @louisewoodruff.bsky.social about the Child Maintenance Service, an important tool in the mission to end child poverty which makes its frustrating that it doesn't seem to work for anyone involved.

Read this latest report: bit.ly/4eUWjFv

#FixtheCMS:
#FixtheCMS - read our new report | Gingerbread
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November 25, 2024 at 4:02 PM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
And men call us golddiggers?

Take action #FixTheCMS

>>>Ask the men in your lives what their child payment arrangements are

>>>Use our QUICK email template
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#16Days #16Actions #RespectWomen #SistersSalonBrighton
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

This mothers day, pay your child support & write to your MP & ask them to #FixTheCMS

@sianberry.bsky.social @chriswardmp.bsky.social @peterkyle356.bsky.social

Letter template here 🤱
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March 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
According to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) 49% of children living in lone-parent (lone-mother) families are in poverty.

41% of all single mothers receive no child support from absent fathers.

Take action #FixTheCMS
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Child Maintenance Service, non-paying fathers & women’s poverty
Sex matters when it comes to inequality in parenting. When 41% of parents caring for children (almost all women) have no maintenance agreement at all from non-resident parents (almost all fathers),…
brightonsisters.wordpress.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
ACTIONS
>>Speak to the men in your life, & ask them what their child payment arrangements are

>> Use our template email to ask your MP to bring women & their children out of poverty #FixtheCMS

#RespectWomen #16Days #16Actions
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December 4, 2024 at 2:42 PM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
The Child Maintenance Service is failing to protect these mothers who are victim-survivors
It is providing an opportunity for perpetrators to continue the abuse, and in some cases is making the abuse worse.

#FixTheCMS #16Days #Respectwomen
TAKE ACTION
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December 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
And a Child Maintenance Service that is fit for use, instead of facilitating the non-payment of child support from absent and often abusive fathers.

#FixTheCMS
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March 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
If a father fails to pay the sum, the CMS can remove his passport & his driving licence even imprison him.
If you didn’t know that, it’s because the CMS has removed just 3 passports & 1 driving licence since 2019.

#FixTheCMS
Read more & take action 🔽
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Child Maintenance Service, non-paying fathers & women’s poverty
Sex matters when it comes to inequality in parenting. With 41% of parents caring for children (almost all women) have no maintenance agreement at all from non-resident parents (almost all fathers),…
brightonsisters.wordpress.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
WEBINAR ON HOW TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO THE CHILD MAINTENANCE SERVICE INQUIRY

12:30 – 1:30pm Monday 7th of April.

Register for the webinar #FixTheCMS

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gingerbrea...
Gingerbread information session on the Child Maintenance Inquiry
This is a virtual information session for single parents who are interested in writing a response to the current Child Maintenance Inquiry.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
When 41% of parents caring for children (almost all women) have no maintenance agreement at all from non-resident parents (almost all fathers), we know that sex matters.

#FixTheCMS

brightonsisters.wordpress.com/action-ten-r...
Child Maintenance Service, non-paying fathers & women’s poverty
Sex matters when it comes to inequality in parenting. When 41% of parents caring for children (almost all women) have no maintenance agreement at all from non-resident parents (almost all fathers),…
brightonsisters.wordpress.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
iansollom.bsky.social
Fantastic to see so many MPs from all sides of the House wearing their @gingerbreadcharity.bsky.social badges for #SingleParentsDay today. 🧡

Single parents should be celebrated for the amazing job they do - they deserve the best support. We must work to #FixTheCMS for them & for their children.
Ian is in his office, wearing a suit. He smiles, and on his lapel is a Gingerbread badge - a green background with an orange, simplified gingerbread man design on it.
March 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
opfs.org.uk
Gingerbread’s #FixTheCMS launch at House of Lords yesterday painted a bleak picture of the #ChildMaintenance system.

We look forward to the DWP’s consultation report and further action.

@rupahuq.bsky.social
@melanieward.bsky.social
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
@fifegingerbreas.bsky.social
Extract from speech by single parent member of the Gingerbread child maintenance advisory group.
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
opfs.org.uk
New research by Gingerbread highlights most single parents missing out on #ChildMaintenance struggle to make ends meet, with 52% unable to pay essential bills.

Our own #TransformingChildMaintenance research echoes this—👀 stay tuned for new policy options.

Read their report: bit.ly/4eUWjFv
49% of separated parents said not receiving child maintenance has meant that they have been unable to afford clothes, shoes, or school uniform for their children. #FixTheCMS
November 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
♥️share & sign♥️

SIGN THE PETITION TO ENSURE
CHILD MAINTENANCE SERVICE SAFEGUARDS PREVENT FINANCIAL ABUSE & COERCIVE CONTROL

✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

For more actions to #FixTheCMS see our webpage
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February 18, 2026 at 6:36 AM
abarton.bsky.social
The new Gingerbread report on the payment of child maintenance makes for sobering reading. #fixthecms
www.gingerbread.org.uk/our-work/new...
#FixtheCMS - read our new report | Gingerbread
www.gingerbread.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
iansollom.bsky.social
• Improve customer service for parents - including a named case manager.

Single parents do an amazing job of bringing up families whilst facing some difficult challenges – battling the Child Maintenance Service should not be one of those challenges. #fixthecms #singleparentsday2026
March 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM