Gingerbread (charity) Some Gingerbread members run local groups offering peer support for other single parents and their families. Online advice and information Gingerbread offers comprehensive advice and information for single parents on its website, as well as a number of interactive advice tools and an online community for members. The advice covers areas including child maintenance, tax credits and steps to take when a relationship ends. In October 2011 a mobile version of the website was launched. Training Gingerbread offers training, employability and confidence-building programmes for single parents. It runs schemes in partnership with Marks & Spencer (Marks and Start) to help
The Gingerbread Man also helped popularize the meme of the Gingerbread Man, although Baum's tale, like Ranken's, contained few elements of the original story. Some tales have settings and cultural connections beyond Europe, such as Eric Kimmel's "The Runaway Tortilla" (2000) about a desert-roving tortilla who avoids donkeys, rattlesnakes, and buckaroos only to be defeated by crafty Señor Coyote; the Hanukkah version called "The Runaway Latkes" (2000) by Leslie Kimmelman; and Ying Chang Compestine's Chinese New Year tale, "The Runaway Rice Cake" (2001). Peter Armour's "Stop That Pickle!" (2005) is a tale about a runaway deli pickle. "Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake""