Response to Care Matters

Grandparents Plus is a member of the Kinship Alliance who lobbied to improve the Government's proposals in Care Matters for support to kinship carers including grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Grandparents Plus produced its own Response to Care Matters January 2007 as well as contributing to the Kinship Alliance response co-ordinated by Family Rights Group - The role of the state in supporting relatives raising children who cannot live with their parents.

Learning with Grandparents

As part of the Learning with Grandparents project, funded by the Basic Skills Agency, Grandparents Plus has produced Good Practice Cards. The cards are aimed at grandparents and are packed full of ideas and suggestions of fun things to do with grandchildren that can also help with the children's literacy and numeracy. Good Practice Cards

There is also a leaflet for schools on involving grandparents. Learning Together: for schools and children's centres

If you would like further details of the methods we used and what grandparents told us we have produced a full report of our work. The Silver Lining of My Life

Forgotten Families

Forgotten Families, a joint report by Grandparents Plus and Adfam is based on a literature review and consultation with grandparents raising grandchildren as a result of drug and alcohol abuse in the family.Often isolated and stigmatised many of these grandparents face stress and financial hardship. The report highlights the specific difficulties grandparents in this situation encounter particularly when trying to find appropriate help and support.  Forgotten Families - Executive Summary  

Forgotten Families - Full Report

Grandparents Researchers: Seminar Report

Grandparents Plus held a Grandparents Researchers seminar in May 2006 which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The seminar brought together researchers working in the field of grandparenting and the extended family. The aim was to map existing research, explore the relationship between evidence and policy and identify possible future areas of research. A report of the seminar with recommendations can be downloaded from below by clicking on the relevant link.  Seminar conclusions and recommendations

Grandparents' manifesto

Before the last election Grandparents Plus worked with the Grandparents Association and Family Rights Group on a manifesto setting out 14 action points for candidates. Celebrating grandparents and the extended family: a call to action

Child care – response to Government consultation

Grandparents Plus response to the government's proposed 10 year strategy