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	<description>We champion the wider family who care for children</description>
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		<title>More support from local councils</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Urge your council to support family and friends carers Every year, thousands of relatives and friends step in to bring up vulnerable children who cannot live with their parents. This may be for example because parents have died, suffer serious &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/councils-action">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grandparenting in Europe Project</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandparenting-in-europe-project</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Grandparenting in Europe Project Grandparents Plus is working in partnership with the Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Beth Johnson Foundation on a major two year project to explore the role of grandparents &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandparenting-in-europe-project">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs and Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Raine</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug and alcohol misuse When a family member misuses drugs or alcohol this can have a severe and enduring effect on the whole family. These effects are often overlooked as agencies tend to focus on the individual with the drug &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/drugs-and-alcohol">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kinship carers in Scotland: a lottery of support, by Heather Scally, Mentor UK</title>
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		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-carers-in-scotland-a-lottery-of-support-by-heather-scally-mentor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinship carers in Scotland: A lottery of support by Heather Scally, Mentor UK, Scotland “I just felt so lost, I didn’t know where or who to turn to” Over the last three years, Mentor has been working closely with kinship &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-carers-in-scotland-a-lottery-of-support-by-heather-scally-mentor">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Giving Extended Families The Credit They Are Due,&#8221; by Lord Freud, DWP</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/giving-extended-families-the-credit-they-are-due-by-lord-freud-dwp</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/giving-extended-families-the-credit-they-are-due-by-lord-freud-dwp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Giving Extended Families The Credit They Are Due,&#8221; by Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Welfare Reform &#160; Whether through volunteering or caring for a child or young person, the support provided by grandparents and older people hugely &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/giving-extended-families-the-credit-they-are-due-by-lord-freud-dwp">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grandad-hood: the early days, by Terry Smyth</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandad-hood-the-early-days-by-terry-smyth-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandad-hood-the-early-days-by-terry-smyth-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grandad-hood: the early days By Terry Smyth &#160; Terry, who looks after his grandchildren while his daughter is at work, remembers how he felt about becoming a granddad and those early days of providing childcare. &#160; I’ll come clean about &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandad-hood-the-early-days-by-terry-smyth-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bereavement</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/bereavement</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bereavement Feelings, responses and reactions to a death in the Family The death of a family member, whether unexpected or expected, has a huge impact on families and the ways in which families make sense of and cope with their &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/bereavement">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting under the microscope, by Katherine Rake, FPI</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/blog-parenting</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hulme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenting under the Microscope By Katherine Rake, Chief Executive of Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) Celebrating Parents&#8217; Week 2011, 17-23 October While the focus on &#8216;problem parents&#8217; has received renewed intensity in the wake of the riots, it is also an &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/blog-parenting">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>E-Lobbying</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/e-lobbying-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/e-lobbying-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Protect grandparent carers from welfare cuts 200,000 grandparents and other family members are raising children who cannot live with their parents. Many of these children have suffered neglect or abuse, or their parents have died. They would probablly be in &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/e-lobbying-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local authorities’ role in supporting grandparent carers, by Matt Dunkley, ADCS</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/the-important-contribution-of-the-wider-family-in-bringing-up-vulnerable-children-by-matt-dunkley-president-of-the-association-of-directors-of-children%e2%80%99s-services</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/the-important-contribution-of-the-wider-family-in-bringing-up-vulnerable-children-by-matt-dunkley-president-of-the-association-of-directors-of-children%e2%80%99s-services#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hulme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local authorities’ role in supporting grandparent carers by Matt Dunkley President of The Association of Directors of Children’s Services and Director of Children&#8217;s Services in East Sussex More and more children are coming to the attention of children’s services in &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/the-important-contribution-of-the-wider-family-in-bringing-up-vulnerable-children-by-matt-dunkley-president-of-the-association-of-directors-of-children%e2%80%99s-services">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protect grandparent carers from welfare cuts, by Sarah Wellard, Grandparents Plus</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/protect-grandparent-carers-from-welfare-cuts-by-sarah-wellard-grandparents-plus</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/protect-grandparent-carers-from-welfare-cuts-by-sarah-wellard-grandparents-plus#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protect grandparent carers from welfare cuts by Sarah Wellard, Policy &#38; Research Manager Grandparents Plus &#160; No one can disagree with the Government’s aim to make work pay and get people back into jobs.  But we have real concerns about &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/protect-grandparent-carers-from-welfare-cuts-by-sarah-wellard-grandparents-plus">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>After the riots: what about the wider family?  By Stephen Burke, Grandparents Plus</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/after-the-riots</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/after-the-riots#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hulme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the riots: What about the wider family? By Stephen Burke, Co-chair, Grandparents Plus and Director, United for All Ages &#160; Beyond the recent riots, our efforts must be on prevention. Prevention not just of more riots but to ensure &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/after-the-riots">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kinship Care and Imprisonment by Cherecee Williams, Prison Advice and Care Trust</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-care-and-imprisonment-by-cherecee-williams-prison-advice-and-care-trust</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-care-and-imprisonment-by-cherecee-williams-prison-advice-and-care-trust#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Milner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinship Care and Imprisonment by Cherecee Williams Kinship Care Support Service Manager Prision Advice and Care Trust I work for a charity called pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust) which works with children and families of prisoners.  I am the &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-care-and-imprisonment-by-cherecee-williams-prison-advice-and-care-trust">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Too old to care? Opinion from the Children&#8217;s Minister by Tim Loughton MP</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/opinion-childrens-minister</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/opinion-childrens-minister#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too old to care? Opinion from the Children&#8217;s Minister by Tim Loughton MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Grandparents Plus conference, which was held in London to &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/opinion-childrens-minister">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Family or Adoption? A personal response by Oonagh Murphy-Jack, Grandparents Plus</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/family-or-adoption</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/family-or-adoption#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Milner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extended Family or adoption? My response as someone raised by her aunt By Oonagh Murphy-Jack Grandparents Plus As someone who was raised by my aunt and uncle and has had an incredibly positive experience, I want to give my personal &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/family-or-adoption">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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