Welcome to our Portsmouth Office - Louisa Wearn This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is our Project Worker in the city.

Whilst the Grandparents Association has so much to offer we are often asked what regional help is available and what events, toddler groups, advice, support there is. With this in mind we have set up some regional pages which will give you an insight into whats happening in your region and the groups that are run, advice which is given, or help that is needed.If you would like some advice or help please feel free to contact us on 0845 4349585

LATEST NEWS:

26.01.10 - Support is on offer for grandparents.

Grandparents are being urged to make use of a new charity which can offer advice and support. The Grandparents' Association extended its reach to Portsmouth at the end of last year by introducing a local branch with the valued help of Tory councillor James Williams and Louisa Wearn The Grandparents' Association local Project Worker.

The local branch of the national charity works with grandparents who look after children - either all the time or now and again.

It also offers support to grandparents who have been separated from their grandchildren, and lobbies nationally to raise the profile of grandparents.

It also wants to get the role grandparents play in children's lives more widely recognised.

Project worker Louisa Wearn, who is based in the Community First offices in Commercial Road, said: 'It is my job to identify the needs of grandparents here in the city and to set up support to meet those needs - so please contact me. We realise that grandparents do not fall into neat categories.

'They are not all old people. The youngest grandparent we know is 28.'

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17.11.09 -THE NEWS - PORTSMOUTH - New Group To Support Grandparents

Thank you to all those who attended the Portsmouth Conference for The Grandparents' Association on 10th November 2009. We are excited to have gained funding to provide some support in the city and we're pleased that grandparents were able to join us, along with the Mayor, and key people from the local authority and services.

Louisa Wearn started as our Project Worker at the conference launch in the city and will have a part time office base in the Community First office (in Commercial Road).  Louisa’s role is to develop services to meet the needs of grandparents in the city and help people to access the range of services our Assocation provides. 

We are setting up an Advisory Group to assess and agree what services would benefit grandparents in Portsmouth and if you would like to join this, or to get any further information on the work planned in Portsmouth please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with any queries you may have or if you would like more information or have ideas you would like to share for developing this Grandparents'Association Portsmouth Office.

10.11.09 - Portsmouth Conference for The Grandparents' Association

We launched The Grandparents' Association in the city at our Conference in THE HAVEN COMMUNITY CENTRE, 17 LAKE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH ON 10TH NOVEMBER 2009

The Chief Executive of Portsmouth City Council, David Williams, welcomed the delegates tp the city and the Terry Hall, Mayor of Portsmouth also spoke at the event.

The Chief Executive of The Grandparents' Association - Lynn Chesterman outlined the aims of the Association and Kevin Williams, from TACT (The Adolescent and Children's Trust) outlined research on the improved outcomes possible for children if kept within the wider family.

Dr Hamish Cameron, Child Psychiatrist, spoke about the importance of grandparents in the lives of children, and Stephen Massey, (Lawyer at Christopher Green McCarrahers) talked about keeping disputes out of court.

The day ended with a Q & A Panel, which included Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Lynn Chesterman, Kevin Williams, Dr. Hamish Cameron and Stephen Massey

The Association is keen to set up an Advisory Group of people with personal or professional interest in issues affecting grandparents and their access to/care for grandchildren and is keen to hear from anyone who may like to join. 

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