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	<description>We champion the wider family who care for children</description>
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		<title>Family Friendly Project</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/family-friendly-project</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family Friendly Project Supporting family friendly employers Grandparents Plus is part of the Family Friendly scheme, which works with businesses and public services to make the UK a more family friendly place. The scheme is run by the Family and &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/family-friendly-project">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Month of Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Month of Action: June 2012 Support Children in Kinship Care Make the most of the longest days of the year by getting involved in the month of action being organised by Grandparents Plus. We want everyone to join forces to &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/month-of-action">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting a different approach? by Sam Smethers, Grandparents Plus</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/adopting-a-different-approach</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/adopting-a-different-approach#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adopting a different approach? by Sam Smethers Chief Executive, Grandparents Plus A couple of weeks ago David Cameron launched a high profile government drive to speed up adoption.  Judging by the press reports we would be forgiven for thinking this &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/adopting-a-different-approach">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Families of Prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/families-of-prisoners</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/families-of-prisoners#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking after a child whose parent is in prison Around 160,000 children in the UK are affected by the imprisonment of a parent or carer at any one time. Families affected by imprisonment experience grief and readjustment throughout the course &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/families-of-prisoners">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Information for Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/schools</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/schools#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Schools supporting children in kinship care In a typical primary school, there are likely to be around seven children being raised by grandparents or other relatives. Many of these children have suffered trauma or abuse. Support from schools can make &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/schools">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More support from local councils</title>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/councils-action</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/councils-action#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/grandparenting-in-europe-project#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/drugs-and-alcohol</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/drugs-and-alcohol#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</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>
		<link>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/kinship-carers-in-scotland-a-lottery-of-support-by-heather-scally-mentor</link>
		<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>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child protection]]></category>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ageing society]]></category>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family carers]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/bereavement#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/blog-parenting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha Shabbir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
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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>Sacha Shabbir</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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