Grandparent's Association

Welcome to the Grandparents' Association

We know that a special relationship can exist between grandchildren and grandparents and we are here to provide support to enable this relationship to flourish.

Our services include an advice and information line, welfare benefits advice, publications, support groups, and Grandparent and Toddler groups and mediation. We are actively recruiting new members and training volunteers to expand these services.

We hope that you find this website interesting and informative and that you will feel it appropriate to become a member of our organisation.

Spring Newsletter 2009

BUY - Issue 46 Spring 2009 - £3.50

BUY - Membership and receive FREE copy of the quarterly magazine.

Where would we be without grandparents?

Did you know that 60% of childcare provision is provided by grandparents and over one million grandchildren are denied contact

with their grandparents? One in every hundred children is living with a grandparent - an average of 2-4

in every primary school.

Grandparents save the economy £4 billion per annum (Age Concern report). 20% of grandparents under 60 are also step-grandparents and we estimate that there are over

13.5 million grandparents in the uk.

Can you imagine?

Can you imagine how it must feel to be torn between the love you have for your child and the love you have for your grandchild? Grandparents bringing up their grandchild sometimes have to make a difficult choice.

GRANDPARENTS CLUB

We are happy to promote The Grandparents Club which supports charities including The Grandparents Association

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GA Key Facts

How many grandparents are there in the UK?
There are 14 million grandparents in the UK.

Is this a fixed figure?
No. The number of grandparents at any one time varies according to the age at which parents give birth, rates of fertility, and the numbers who become parents.

Is there statistical information about grandparents routinely collected in the Census?
No, other than information about 'the number of grandparents residing in households with other family members.'

So how was the information for this web site obtained?
By drawing on and interrogating existing and specialised surveys as well as authoritative published research studies accurate estimates can be produced.

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Did you know?

There are 14 million Grandparents in the UK.

Our helpline receives over 8500 calls a year

Our average call length is 15minutes

Our website receives over 120,000 hits monthly.

82% of children receive some carefrom grandparents

The youngest grandparent we know is 28.

The youngest great grandparent we know is 54.

Lawyers Search

The lawyers and firms listed are on the Law Society's Children Panel and the Family Panel lists and have the necessary expertise to deal with cases involving children, grandparent or other family members who may consult them. The Law Society is the regulatory and representative body for approximately 116,000 solicitors in England and Wales. Many of the firms on our list offer a FREE 20 MINUTES INITIAL INTERVIEW to our members, so become a member of The Grandparents' Association now!

If you are a Lawyer and want to be listed on our Lawyers List you can apply online.