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Grandparents Plus

 

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Grandparents Plus is the national charity (England and Wales) which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives

 

 – especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances. We work to support grandparents and the wider family by:

  • Campaigning for change so that their contribution to children's wellbeing and care is valued and understood
  • Providing evidence, policy solutions and training so that they get the services and support they need to help children thrive
  •  Advising and supporting grandparents and wider family members by ensuring that they have access to professional advice and information, can have a voice and help each other, especially when they become children's full-time carers

Peter Limbrick writes –

I have had the privilege of facilitating some group sessions with grandparents of children with disabilities and special needs. I have learned that grandparents can have the same need for emotional support as their children do when a baby is born - and in the months and years after that.

 I am also keenly aware that some grandparents, although living nearby, might hold back from offering to look after their grandchild because of nervousness about the child's condition or medication.  

If local practitioners around the child can offer these grandparents support and training, this can help everyone.

Learn more about Grandparent Plus here

 

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