Sentences with phrase «grandparents as carers»

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Firstly, this ruling is not only relevant for TCNs who are the biological mothers of Union citizens; the same obviously applies to fathers (see for example the Rendón Marín decision) or any other persons who are the primary carer of the child, such as, for example, the child's grandparent (see here S and G).

The family were Polish and the parents put forward the grandparents in Poland as alternative carers for their baby.

You can ask other adults such as carers and grandparents to help.

The report «Grandparents raising grandchildren: Towards recognition, respect and reward» presents findings from the research project «Grandparents as Primary Carers of their Grandchildren: A National, State and Territory Analysis».

A new survey of over 500 kinship carers — grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members and friends who've taken on care of children who aren't able to live with their parents — has revealed that as many as 94 % say caring has caused financial hardship, despite many stepping in to keep children out of the local authority care system.

There are some valuable resources available to assist with defining what your role as a grandparent carer:

You're known as a family and friends carer if you're a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister or family friend looking after a child who can't be cared for by their birth parents.

Family Relationships Online — For grandparents On this webpage you can find links to services and resources to support you in your role as a carer.

They work with Government, Opposition parties and departments; early childhood professionals; parents, grandparents and other carers of young children; and various peak organisations and lobby groups to secure the best range of options and outcomes for young children as they grow and develop.

It can include extended family members such as grandparents and kinship carers.

That relative or friend is called a «kinship carer», and it's estimated that around half of kinship carers are grandparents, but many other relatives including older siblings, aunts, uncles, as well as family friends and neighbours can also be kinship carers.

Support groups in the North East have helped a groundbreaking project supporting grandparents and other family members who are raising a relative's child (as «kinship carers») reach a new milestone — supporting its 500th carer.

A groundbreaking project supporting grandparents and other family members who are raising a relative's child (as «kinship carers») across the north east of England was celebrated at an event in Newcastle yesterday, ahead of a new bid to expand the project across the country.

The YouGov survey has been welcomed by charities Grandparents Plus, the Family and Parenting Institute and Family Lives, as a massive boost for the estimated 200,000 kinship carers in the UK.

A family and friends carer is a relative, such as a grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling, or a friend who is raising a child who is unable to live with their parents.

In 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) awarded Grandparents Victoria the contract to establish a kinship carer network across Victoria and to act as the peak group representing the views of kinship carers across Victoria.

Grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, friends who are raising someone else's child as a kinship carer.

Lucy Peake, Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus said: «As a small national charity working to support a large and often invisible group of kinship carers, this funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery will be transformational and enable us to reach and support more kinship carers and their families.

The Order sets out the contact (visiting arrangements etc) between a child / young person and his or her parent (s), or others mentioned in the order such as grandparents or former foster carers.