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Hi everyone and welcome to Bristol Grandparents Support Group blog. Although we are Bristol based we have grandparents from all over the UK and beyond as members.

It is estimated that over one million children in the UK are denied contact with their grandparents due to family breakdown which may have been caused by divorce/separation, alcohol/drug dependency,domestic violence,bereavement or family feud.
Every child has the right to have contact with their grandparents
if they wish and unless proven unsafe for them to do so. To deny contact from a parent or grandparent has to become as socially unacceptable as drink driving.
I hope to keep you up to date with what is going on in BGSG and I shall continue to campaign for the rights of children to have a loving and meaningful relationship with both parents and their extended family. So please join in as good to hear your views, not just mine!
I also will support via Skype.
There is no membership fee to be part of Bristol Grandparents Support Group.
Esther Rantzen says, " To every grandparent, links of love can never be broken in our hearts."

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07773258270


Wednesday, 2 February 2011

How many children in UK denied contact with Dads?

Thanks for this info A.

28% of children of separated families lose contact with their father within 3 years of separation

There are 12 million children in UK, of which 3 million have experienced the separation of their parents

Betweeen 150,000 and 200,000 parental couples separate each year. If they average 2 children per couple it means 120,000 children per year losing contact with their father.

That is 10,000 per month.
300 PER DAY
1 EVERY 5 MINUTES
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