Gingerbread (charity) UK. The charity describes its vision as ‘a society in which single parent families are valued and treated equally and fairly.’ Helpline Gingerbread runs a Freephone helpline (0808 802 0925) offering advice and information for single parents. The helpline is staffed by advisers who are trained to give guidance on practical matters to do with money, benefits, employment issues and family law. Membership Single parents can become members of Gingerbread for free, most signing up via the Gingerbread website. Members can use the protected online forums, receive a monthly e-newsletter and get access to discounts and special offers. Local groups
The Gingerbread Man follows a similar plotline about a pancake whose hubris gets the best of him. Modern twists on the tale that retain a gingerbread man as the protagonist include Janet Squires' "The Gingerbread Cowboy"; "The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School" (2002) by Joan Holub; and Lisa Campbell's "The Gingerbread Girl" (2006). In 1992 Jon Sciezka published "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales". "The Stinky Cheese Man" is a rendition of "The Gingerbread Man" where the stinky cheese man runs away from everyone fearing that they will eat him, when really everyone just wants to get away from his