If you have been invited to a Public Law Outline (PLO) meeting, you may be wondering whether you need a […]

As grandparent day approaches family solicitor and director Stephen Sowden explains grandparent contact and the law. Grandparent day is a […]

Last night, BBC Newsnight reported  that only 5% of vulnerable children are going to school despite having places. There are […]

  I am a Trustee with the Grandparents Plus. The reason I took on the role was because personally I […]

  A the law does not give you an automatic right to see your grandchildren as you are not the […]

The terms of section 20 of the Children Act 1989 put the onus on the Local Authority to provide accommodation […]

National Volunteers’ Week 2017 runs from the 1st to the 7th June. The annual event celebrates the difference volunteers make […]

When Social Worker’s are concerned about the welfare of a child they may invite parents to a Public Law Outline […]

The BBC reported recently in this article that tens and thousands of grandparents are missing out on National Insurance credits which […]

The circumstances when parents make their own arrangements  for relatives to care for their children or when a close relative […]