Fife Gingerbread’s Lone Parent Positive Workplaces Project Shortlisted for the 2026 SURF Awards

That the Parliament congratulates Fife Gingerbread’s Lone Parent Positive Workplaces project on being shortlisted in the Removing Barriers to Employability category of the 2026 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration; understands that Fife Gingerbread leads the project in partnership with One Parent Families Scotland and Strathclyde Business School; acknowledges that the project has been developed together with lone parents to address structural barriers that can prevent lone parent families from accessing fair, flexible and sustainable employment; recognises that the project aims to transform how employers recruit, support and retain lone parents through developing direct guidance for employers on building inclusive, trauma-informed workplace cultures; is grateful to Public Health Scotland (PHS), Greener Kirkcaldy, and Fife Sports & Leisure Trust for all their work on the pilot's practical models, which included 26-week paid traineeships, guaranteed interviews and progressive flexible job design; believes that this project has been the exemplification of best practice, innovation and achievement in interventions that improve the lives of people living in Scottish communities, and extends its very best wishes to everyone involved for continued success.