Sample Letter to your local councillor at your Town Hall

Dear………….............

Address…………………………………………………………….

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I have contacted Grandparents Apart UK for support regarding losing contact with our grandchildren.

With their ten years of experiences and what my grandchildren and I are suffering I feel justified in supporting this proposal and would be obliged if you would make it an issue in to the council. I believe a Government created this Charter but passed it to local authorities.

The Proposal:-

We therefore propose that ‘The Charter for Grandchildren’
 ‘ The role grandparent can play in their grandchildren’s lives’ should be made Mandatory for Professionals like social services dealing with children thereby ensuring in the absence of one or both parents that the love and protective role grandparents can play in their lives is not wasted as is the case at present because grandparents are regarded as irrelevant persons and scarcely considered in practice.…

Being mandatory for professionals would mean the children have the right to expect the best from their grandparents or an explanation to the contrary..

This does not affect parent’s rights. If the councils were to adopt this as an example it would send a message of encouragement to families that grandparents can be a huge asset in the family and that it could be worthwhile attending mediation or family education focusing on the best interests of the children.

Grandparents Apart UK have been counselling grandparents for years on how to be a successful and helpful grandparent and have brought hundreds of families together again.

We can bring it to the notice of the government but it needs you the constituent to back it up.

I understand this statement will be treated as completely-confidential.

I look forward to your reply.

Name………………………………………………………

Address…………………………………………………..

Town………………………………………………………

Post code………………………………………………..

Phone number………………………………………….

E-mail…………………………………………………….
(If any)

Signature………………………………………………..
 

Issued by Grandparents Apart UK, 22 Alness crescent, Glasgow G52 1PJ, 0141 882 5658 http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk