Publications and reports
Grandparenting in Europe
Funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Grandparents Plus has been working in partnership with the Beth Johnson Foundation and with the Institute of Gerontology at Kings College London to explore grandparenting in Europe. This report is the first phase of this study and includes a comprehensive literature review and a review of family policies across ten EU countries. Grandparents are playing a growing role in family life across Europe. In a number of other EU states grandparents are entitled to paid leave, transferable parental leave and can, in some circumstances, also be paid for the care they provide.
Alongside the new EU study we have also published a new poll which shows 7 out of 10 grandparents in the UK believe it should be possible for them to be paid for childcare through the tax credit system or childcare vouchers. Almost half of those who are providing childcare say they would work flexibly if it were an option for them. Both the report and the poll findings are available below.
Grandparenting in Europe executive summary
Grandparenting in Europe Report
Briefing paper poll findings June 2010
Funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Grandparents Plus has been working in partnership with the Beth Johnson Foundation and with the Institute of Gerontology at Kings College London to explore grandparenting in Europe. This report is the first phase of this study and includes a comprehensive literature review and a review of family policies across ten EU countries. Grandparents are playing a growing role in family life across Europe. In a number of other EU states grandparents are entitled to paid leave, transferable parental leave and can, in some circumstances, also be paid for the care they provide.
Alongside the new EU study we have also published a new poll which shows 7 out of 10 grandparents in the UK believe it should be possible for them to be paid for childcare through the tax credit system or childcare vouchers. Almost half of those who are providing childcare say they would work flexibly if it were an option for them. Both the report and the poll findings are available below.
Protect Support Provide
Grandparents Plus and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have been exploring the connection between older people's poverty and child poverty around grandparental care. We have found that grandparents are risking hardship themselves in order to provide care and support for their families. The final report focuses on families who are particularly at risk of poverty; single parent families, families with disabled children and/or disabled parents, black and minority ethnic families, and those where grandparents are raising their grandchildren. The report and executive summary can be downloaded below together with a copy of Grandparents Plus' policy response.
You can also read the EHRC policy response here.
Protect Support Provide Executive Summary
Protect Support Provide Report
Grandparents Plus Policy Response Protect Support Provide
Grandparents Plus and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have been exploring the connection between older people's poverty and child poverty around grandparental care. We have found that grandparents are risking hardship themselves in order to provide care and support for their families. The final report focuses on families who are particularly at risk of poverty; single parent families, families with disabled children and/or disabled parents, black and minority ethnic families, and those where grandparents are raising their grandchildren. The report and executive summary can be downloaded below together with a copy of Grandparents Plus' policy response.
You can also read the EHRC policy response here.
Recognition, Respect, Reward
Between July - September 2009 Grandparents Plus interviewed 100 members of our Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Network. The results show that many are living on or below the poverty line feeling unsupported and struggling to cope. The children they care for are more likely than children in the wider population to have emotional or behavioural problems, special educational needs or a disability.
Recogntion, Respect, Reward Survey Findings
Between July - September 2009 Grandparents Plus interviewed 100 members of our Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Network. The results show that many are living on or below the poverty line feeling unsupported and struggling to cope. The children they care for are more likely than children in the wider population to have emotional or behavioural problems, special educational needs or a disability.
My second mum and dad
The involvement of grandparents in the lives of teenage grandchildren.
This unique research presents the views of a representative sample of over 1500 teenagers on their relationships with their grandparents. It reveals just how important grandparents are to them, the role they play and the difference they make in their lives.
“My second mum and dad” research report
The involvement of grandparents in the lives of teenage grandchildren.
This unique research presents the views of a representative sample of over 1500 teenagers on their relationships with their grandparents. It reveals just how important grandparents are to them, the role they play and the difference they make in their lives.
The Poor Relation
Grandparents Plus has been funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to explore where older people’s poverty and child poverty meet around grandparental care. The interim report of this project includes an analysis of British Social Attitudes Survey data from 1998–2007, was published in June 2009 and can be downloaded below.
The Poor Relation? Interim Report
Grandparents Plus has been funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to explore where older people’s poverty and child poverty meet around grandparental care. The interim report of this project includes an analysis of British Social Attitudes Survey data from 1998–2007, was published in June 2009 and can be downloaded below.
Rethinking Family Life
In March 2009 Grandparents Plus published a report Rethinking Family Life: exploring the role of grandparents and the wider family. Download a copy of the report below.
Rethinking Family Life Report
In March 2009 Grandparents Plus published a report Rethinking Family Life: exploring the role of grandparents and the wider family. Download a copy of the report below.
Care Matters 2007
Grandparents Plus response to Care Matters 2007 can be downloaded below. Grandparents Plus also contributed to the Kinship Care Alliance response, co-ordinated by Family Rights Group, also available for download below.
Grandparents Plus response
Kinship Care Alliance response
Grandparents Plus response to Care Matters 2007 can be downloaded below. Grandparents Plus also contributed to the Kinship Care Alliance response, co-ordinated by Family Rights Group, also available for download below.
Learning with Grandparents
Funded by the Basic Skills Agency, Grandparents Plus produced good practice cards aimed at grandparents to assist them to support their grandchildren with literacy and numeracy. There is also a leaflet for schools and a report of the project. See below for downloads.
Good practice cards
Schools leaflet
Project report
Funded by the Basic Skills Agency, Grandparents Plus produced good practice cards aimed at grandparents to assist them to support their grandchildren with literacy and numeracy. There is also a leaflet for schools and a report of the project. See below for downloads.
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. See below for downloads of the full report and the executive summary.
Forgotten Families Full Report
Forgotten Families Executive Summary
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. See below for downloads of the full report and the executive summary.
