It almost goes without saying, but raising children when you don’t have much money is tough. Most parents want the best for their children, but the pressures of raising children when you can’t afford the basics creates enormous stress.  And when parents worry, their children worry too.

All of this is even more difficult if you are doing it on your own.  Single parents do a brilliant job, and being a child to a single parent can be a wonderful experience, but paying the bills and juggling both work and family life is undoubtedly a huge challenge. 

Join Peta Todd - writer, presenter, model and busy mum of four children – as she looks at what it means to be a parent on a low income and, in particular, the challenges, stigma and struggles of being a single parent.  Peta is joined by Victoria Benson, CEO at Gingerbread, the leading national charity working with single-parent families and Buttle UK’s Joe Howes.