Gingerbread (charity) her marriage, Tessa Fothergill, a mother from London struggling with economic difficulties as a single parent, set up a local self-help group for others in a similar position. Fothergill was featured in the "Sunday Times", and the response from other single parents resulted in the creation of Gingerbread as a grassroots organisation providing community-level support for single parents. The name 'Gingerbread' came about after Fothergill saw a cafe called 'Golden Age Gingerbread' and liked the name. The National Council for One Parent Families and Gingerbread merged in 2007, and relaunched under the name Gingerbread in 2009. Head offices for Gingerbread
Gingerbread Lane Gingerbread Lane GingerBread Lane is a non-profit seasonal display of a handmade gingerbread village prepared by chef Jon Lovitch. He has made the display every year since 1994. GingerBread Lane has been featured in the Smithsonian Institution, Richmond, Virginia, Pittsburgh, PA, and the New York Hall of Science. The display requires about nine months and 1,500 hours to complete. The 2013 Gingerbread Lane display was exhibited at the New York Hall of Science and weighed 1.5 tons and covered 300 square feet. The display included 135 residential and 22 commercial buildings made of gingerbread along with trees, signs and five