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Grandparents Apart
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Do you need a hearing
test? It is blatant Age Discrimination carried out by our own Government!! Responsible department: Department for Work and Pensions The present law concerning the allowance High Rate Mobility Allowance component disbarrs people of 65 and over from claiming this benefit. Age/Disability Discrimination
This is surely discrimination against a section of our society who may be more in need of assistance with their mobility than any other.
We want the government to remove the age limit for claiming Disability Living Allowance Mobility Component or its proposed successor altogether and backdate such a change for a period of five years.
Frank Bradfield -
Grandparents Apart Wales
Grandparents Apart Wales
was founded in July 2009 to help Grandparents denied access to their
grandchildren.
We as grandparents were denied access to our grandchild for many years and
have learned so much from our experience that we together with our parent
charity Grandparents Apart UK offer help and support to people caught up in
the trauma of being denied access to their loved ones.
In July 2009 we lodged a petition with the Petitions Committee of the
National Assembly of Wales for a Charter for Grandchildren which still is
being discussed.
The need for such a Charter for Grandchildren was led and discussed in a
short debate in The National Assembly of Wales led by Janet finch-Saunders
AM and we consider that a break through as is UK Governments quoting from
the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
There was a Family Justice Review Panel report last year (2011)which addressed
some of the issues but still people are telephoning for help so clearly the
system is still not fit for purpose.
We campaign for a Charter for Grandchildren to be made mandatory for use by
the Children’s Agencies similar to the one created in Scotland but enshrined
in law.
We have a petition lodged with HM Petitions and on Facebook for a Child’s
Contract which provides security for the unborn child.
If it is prudent and wise to have a contract in place when one departs this
world then surely it is advisable to have a contract drawn up before one
enters it.
Such a contract we believe would be entered into through thorough
consultations with the whole family and provide a basis of protection for
the family in the event of the parents splitting.
Please contact us should you need our help or wish to join us.
Frank Bradfield
Grandparents Apart Wales,
14 Amalfi Court.
Craig-y-Don Parade,
Llandudno,
LL30 1 BH
Telephone Number 01492 874 395
Featured Articles:
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Grandparents are at the heart of children’s lives - From - In My View - in Sunday Post - by Jimmy Deuchars
Brave granny
72 travels over 1000 miles to see her granddaughter.
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