Gingerbread (charity) Gingerbread (charity) Gingerbread is a registered charity supporting single parent families in England and Wales. Founded in 1918, the charity supports single parent families by providing advice, online information, support groups and training. Following a merger with One Parent Families in 2007 it was briefly known as "One Parent Families|Gingerbread" before relaunching as Gingerbread in January 2009. In addition to these direct services, the charity works to improve the livelihood of single parents through advocacy and policy work, particularly relating to the charity's core areas of employment and skills, families and relationships, living standards and poverty, and welfare. J. K.
Community organization Community organization Community organization covers a series of activities at the community level aimed at bringing about desired improvement in the social well being of individuals, groups and neighborhoods. It is being often used synonymous to community work, community development and community mobilization. It can represent both community-based organizations, operating as civil society non-profits, and also as a function of organising within communities defined by geographical location, shared work space, and/or shared experience or concerns. Community organizing is a democratic instrument to create sustained social change. Community organisation is a process by which a community identifies needs or objectives orders