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Petition by Brian McNair calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review its family law policies on the best interests of the children principle and spending levels to ensure that value is obtained by the present system in order that greater emphasis and funding is attached to family mediation services and in providing more focussed family support to children.
http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.u ... tionID=196The value of grandparents - Sept 2007
OUR New Book
‘Grandparents Speak Out for Vulnerable Children’
A book exposing the injustice of family law
This book is our real-life stories of the heartbreak for both grandparents and grandchildren when adults fall out or go into care. What you should know about the legal service and social services. The failure of the government to address the gross injustices
in family law. How at the end of the day it is the children who suffer the most. The story of our campaign to have grandparents recognised for the vital role they can play in children’s lives.
Out now – Order your copy today.
£4.00p + £1.00p = £5.00p inc P&P
Overseas £6.00.
Make Cheque or P.O.out to - Gash Scotland
Post it to:
Gash Scotland22 Alness Crescent
Glasgow G52 1PJ
Scotland
If you prefer you can now buy via PayPal
press the button below:
A non political volunteer charity. No SC 031558
Patron- Sir Bob Geldof.
We are a self help group dedicated to ease the suffering of grandparents and grandchildren and extended families torn apart. If you feel your problems could be resolved by mediation a trained counsellor is available to help you with your problems before the trauma of court cases, that splits families and harms children emotionally.
OUR AIMS
To promote a network of support groups
Provide a helpline for anyone in distress
To network with other family support services
Provide leaflets / literature
HOW WE HELP
Have meetings where one can find a friendly sympathetic welcome,
Drop in centre, a cup of tea, one- to-one talks or group, try to help patch up differences in families by mediation, write letters to officials etc
We hope we can be of some assistance to you.
When we started our support groups, grandparents were regarded as irrelevant persons, shut out by governments, social services, and professionals across the board that dealt with children. Because of this lack of respect by authorities grandparents have easily been cast aside by families, aided and abetted by the thoughtless family laws of that time.
Now we are proud to say that the profile of grandparents have been raised tremendously. In the five years of our existence we have been highlighting the asset that grandparents are to the family. We would like to think we had a big hand in the current improvements with all the hard work our groups have put into it. There hasn't been a week without us highlighting the case that grandparents are an essential part of a child's life. We have attended loads of meetings with The Scottish Executive, putting our case that children need us in their lives.
Our groups were invited to consult with the Scottish Executive on the proposals for the new Family Law Act (2006), the accompanying “Parenting Agreement” to help separating couples and the “Charter for Grandchildren” to help adults think of what matters to their children. Both contain a lot of our proposals, which were based on common sense and experience.
We think it is a tremendous boost that grandparents will now be restored to the rightful respect they used to have and lost because of The Children’s Act 1989 and following Scottish Acts.
The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 came into force in May with the accompanying Parenting Agreement and Charter for Grandchildren coming into use at the same time.
The Family Law Bill with the accompanying agreement and charter will be available on our website www.grandparentsapart.co.uk or on the Scottish Executives website.
