Welcome to the Grandparents' Association website.
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.
(1987 - 2008)
Grandparents Association
celebrating it's
21st Anniversary
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.
There are 14 million Grandparents
in the UK.
Our helpline receives over 8500
calls a year
Our average call length is 15
minutes
Our website receives over 120,000
hits monthly.
82% of children receive some care
from grandparents
The youngest grandparent we know
is 28.
The youngest great grandparent we
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Daily Mail Request
Femail, the women’s pages of the Daily Mail, are looking to talk to people about the distress felt over their children’s divorce and the subsequent effect on their relationship with their grandchildren.
This would involve an interview of about an hour ( which could be done over the telephone, if preferred) and photographs of themselves and their family We would in return be willing to pay a minimum fee of £500.
For more information contact
clare@ccampbell.demon.co.uk
T: 0208 672 7798
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.
Click here to read more and to order the full publication...
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!
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The Lawyers' List
If 40% of all children in England and Wales are born to unmarried parents, if 1 in 6 cohabitants in opposite sex relationships are unmarried and if 80% of all births outside marriage are now registered, it is clear that a social revolution has overtaken England and Wales since the Second World War. It is also clear that in the event of a relationship breakdown existing agencies are struggling to satisfactorily cover the wide range of permutations resulting from the complexity of life today.
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.
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Contact our HELPLINE to
speak to our - trained HELPLINE staff. We offer a listening ear and a confidential and efficient service. Should you require legal advice we will give you details of specialist lawyers in your areas who are members of The Grandparents' Association Lawyer List. Our service is accredited by The Legal Service and The Telephone Helplines Association.
0845 4349585
Do you NEED LEGAL ADVICE?
READ OUR LATEST ARTICLES
The Grandparents' Association is now able to offer visitors to our website the facility to search our database of excellent family lawyers in order to find your local expert.
LAWYERS: We have over 200 lawyers supporting our grandparents...are you one of them?
The Grandparents Association is proactive.
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