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The Bar Pro Bono Unit
This website can help to get you legal advice free of charge.
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The Legal Services Government Department
This website gives information about legal aid
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The Family Mediators Association
offers a network of centres where trained mediators offer their service to divorcing or separation couples and we know that many of these mediators are happy to work with grandparents and extended family members. This site contains a full list of local branches and we hope that you will find this useful.
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Charity Flowers
when you purchase any of the beautiful flowers from this website please mention the code GPF.
Every time you choose flowers from this website you will be making a valuable contribution to the Grandparents Association as 15% of the retail price of each order goes to charity.
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Family Rights Group
the family rights group advise and support families whose children are involved with social services and they develop and promote services that help secure the bet possible futures for children and families.
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After Adoption
After Adoption work with grandparents separated through adoption, some of whom have direct contact, some do not.
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Charity Giving
Now you can make your donation to our charity online through this comprehensive site. Click on the donate page and make sure you find the Grandparents' Association charity donate page.
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Green Phones
You can donate your unwanted mobile phones free of charge by freepost or courier service and benefit our charity. Just mention Grandparents' Association on the form available from this site and you will be given an entry into a prize draw for every handset you recycle including those that are broken.
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Families Need Fathers
If you are separating or divorced and are worried about not seeing your children or worried about the effect the breakdown of your relationship might have on them, Families Need Fathers can provide you with the support and information you need.
We are an organisation dedicated to help parents and their families continue to provide the love, care and support that their children need after separation- no matter how the parents might feel about each other, we can provide emotional practical and legal support.
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JUMP
Jewish Unity for Multiple Parenting
JUMP strives to improve parent-child relationships from a religious, social and legal perspective for those parents who find themselves in this heartbreaking situation. Essentially, the aim is for both parents to be recognised as having equal responsibility for their children which is fully supported throughout all areas of the Jewish Community. www.jump-parenting.org.uk
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Post Adoption Centre
The Post-Adoption Centre (PAC), a registered charity which provides advice, support and information for all parties to adoption. For further details contact Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ
PAC offers a range of services and training courses for anyone affected by adoption, including adoptive parents, birth parents and other birth relatives and adopted adults. A daily advice line, staffed by qualified and experienced counsellors, operates on 0870 777 2197 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 10.00am and 1.00pm and on Thursdays between 5.30pm and 7.30pm. Email enquiries can be made to advice@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
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Prison Advice & Care Trust
We provide practical on-the-ground support for families at several prisons across the South of England, including family-friendly visitors’ centres at prisons, children’s play areas inside prisons, and ‘first night in custody’ support for new inmates. We are currently developing a kinship care support service for grandparents affected by the imprisonment of one of their adult children
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Literacy Trust
Talk To Your Baby
Talk To Your Baby is a campaign run by the National Literacy Trust to encourage parents and carers to talk more to children from birth to three. Talking to young children helps them become good communicators, which is essential if they are to do well at school and lead happy, fulfilled and successful lives.
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Parentline Plus
Parentline Plus is a UK registered charity offering support to anyone parenting a child.
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M.A.L.E
Domestic Abuse - Help & Support for Men
Welcome to Mens Advice Line & Enquiries
The MALE helpline provides a range of services aimed primarily at men experiencing domestic abuse from their partner. We do this by:
Giving men a chance to talk about their
experiences
Providing emotional support
Providing practical advice
Providing sign-posting to a range of services including housing and legal options
Providing solutions that are focussed on the needs of our callers
Non-judgmental approach
Informed by research
Led by practice
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Parent Centre
If you would like to know something about the
education system, such as what is meant by "Key Stage 1", "Key Stage 2" etc, as well as what you can do to help with your grandchildren's schooling, have a look at this excellent website with most of the answers.
Many primary schools welcome assistance from grandparents who ar happy to go into school to listen to children reading, so it may be well worthwhile contacting your local primary school head teacher to see if this is possible.
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The Genetic Interest Group
The Genetic Interest Group supporting those affected by genetic disorders.
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The Basic Skill Agency
Learning with Grandparents is a new campaign from the Basic Skills Agency. It aims to raise standards of basic skills amongst children aged 5-11 by involving grandparents in supporting their grandchildren's learning.
There are currently around 13 million grandparents in the UK. In the past two generations, the number of children cared for by grandparents has jumped from 33% to 82% - with more than a third of grandparents spending the equivalent of three days a week caring for their grandchildren.
The campaign, launched during Grandparent's Week, will:
· Show schools how they can support grandparents in assisting their grandchildren with learning
· Encourage grandparents to actively support their grandchildren's learning - whether they are spending a lot of time together or a little.
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Parents in Touch
'Parents in Touch' is an educational information site for people with children of all ages. It explains all the schooling terminology, gives information on teaching methods, subject matter and advice on how parents can help. It offers: Guidance through all stages of education and child development; Advice by highly experienced professionals in child care, child development and education; A forum for parents; Answers to the questions that all parents ask; Resources for parents and teachers; Worksheets, SATS and other exam papers.
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Grandparents Plus
Grandparents Plus aims to:-
Raise the profile of grandparents and the extended family as providers of essential care, especially to vulnerable children
Establish policy and good practice in the support of grandparents and the extended family in caring for children, and especially vulnerable children
Share this with policy makers, practitioners and the public
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