Grandparents Apart UK,Christmas Newsletter December 20011

Grandparents Apart UK,

Christmas Newsletter 1^stDecember 20011

Demo of all Demos.

What a day. I must consider this demo to be the most informative demo we have ever had. Tourists were agog and locals lapped us up. Media attention was magic.

New Fathers for Justice, Family Needs Fathers, Grandparents Apart UK. We had a ball. Lots of Santa’s gathered at the Scottish Parliament with only one thing on their mind is their children who they sadly are refused contact with for no real reason. All because of the unjust one sided family laws of this land. We ran out of leaflets as people were asking for them all the way.

The demo was very peaceful and we can’t thank the Parly Polis enough who went out of their way to make sure we got a strict but fair march.

We walked up the royal mile and stopped against the wall opposite the City Chambers so as to not interfere with the soldiers who were marching past.

One old guy looking the worst for wear dressed in a shabby black coat hair down his back came up to us and said he was from the council and would we move on as he didn’t think it was appropriate for us to be there. Some of our members are soldiers and we couldn’t be more proud of them like they were our own sons. We kept a low profile and applauded them like the heroes they all are.

Onwards to the courts for a show then down Princes Street making friends all the way. Margaret and I left them as we could not stand the bitter cold any longer.

Thursday 1^st December 20011 10.am-3pm @ The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh marching up the Royal Mile. All welcome for a peaceful demo on:-

Government departments to legally accept dads and grandparents by accepting:-

1. Shared Parenting to be the norm in the UK.

2. The Charter for Grandchildren

3. Stop Woman’s aAid and Social services alienating innocent Dad’s and Grandparents.

New Fathers for Justice, Family Needs Fathers, Grandparents Apart UK.

Ends.

I cannot blame you for being despondent about the way grandparents are treated by the government but think about it a few years ago the governments did not even consider grandparents as human beings capable of thinking for themselves or even raising their voice about wanting to see their loved ones. Now they know we are there!! We must gather our resolve to fight for our rights as grandparents and to demand the respect that we deserve.

The Tory’s con for votes before the election that they were giving sweeping new rights for grandparents was rubbish which we blew out of the water as a scam. Then David Norgrove’s ramblings about dads and grandparents being beaten once again.

We need to know and expose what we are up against.

1, Shared parenting to be the norm in the UK.

When a parents fall out for whatever reason, why then should the mother have an automatic right to say whether the dad sees the kids or not. The kids are seldom considered here only the desires of the mother appear to be important. Not every one parent is an expert and can and do make mistakes in bringing up children So two caring parents will be better for the children.

2, The Charter for Grandchildren to be made legal.

The Charter for Grandchildren was created by a Scottish Government in response to evidence of the need for it. Grandparents were being ignored and alienated by professionals like social services and Woman’s Aid and children are being taken into care when it would have been better for them to stay with their grandparents or afamily member.

It is well known children from the care system are more likely to grow up bitter and resentful about being removed from their family and become unmanageable and join gangs. They are often non achievers incapable of getting or keeping a job. (Like Eastenders Billy Mitchell and partner and their granddaughter who are perfectly well portrayed as a dysfunctional family that has been through the care system)

The Charter for Grandchildren was designed for professionals to look more closely at the role grandparents could play in a child’s life but as advisory the spirit of it is not being entered into it and needs to be made nandatory.

3, Stop Woman’s Aid and Social services alienating innocent Dad’s and Grandparents.

Woman’s Aid is funded by the government and their speciality is to protect women from domestic abuse. It was founded for battered women which we all agree to but it appears they have taken it upon themselves to alienate even innocent dads and grandparents from a child’s life. Women callers are apparently advised to say they have been assaulted by their husband for better effect.

A child has no choice in this and it is not in a child’s best interest to be separated from dads and grandparents at a whim.

Grandmothers! There is an element among women who specialise in stopping you seeing your grandchildren even if you have done no wrong. Can you believe another woman would do that? This needs to be known because grandparents and the children are innocent victims of certain women whom the government allow to manipulate the law for their selfish means.

Jimmy Deuchars

Grandparents Apart UK

22 Alness crescent

Glasgow G52 1PJ

0141 882 5658

http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk