New Ipsos Mori polling evidence from my charity Grandparents Plus, the Family and Childcare Trust and Save the Children published today provides further evidence to support the issues raised by the TUC’s Age Immaterial report. We found that 14% or nearly 2 million grandparents have either reduced their hours, taken days off sick or given…
Now here’s a funny thing. I recently came back to work from maternity leave. I had 9 months’ paid leave, time to bond with my baby, and to manage and adapt to the changes in our lives that a new baby brings. Now imagine I’m a 55 year old grandmother whose daughter has been taken…
We share the Government’s vision for the Big Society. No honestly, we do. Grandparents and the wider family are at the vanguard of that society. So if we get it wrong for them, we’re in trouble and the Government’s flagship policy won’t get off the ground. Despite recent progress such as the Grandparent NI Credit…