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A systematic enquiry into the educational experience of children and young people in out of home care – conducted by the Vic. Commissioner for Children and Young People

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Our Mission


The needs of families are becoming more complex and the support grandparents can offer to their own family and to other families is significant. Through acting together grandparents are becoming strong advocates. They are the custodians of considerable wisdom, compassion and skills that are being put to good use in activities to support families and to benefit the wider community.

Grandparents Victoria (GPV) aims to:

  • Link grandparents across the state and the nation
  • Identify, articulate and promote the needs of grandchildren and grandparents
  • Represent the views of grandparents in public consultations and influence policy and practice affecting families
  • Share ideas and information about what works well in supporting families.

Anne McLeish
Director, Grandparents Victoria

Values

GPV believes that a society that is inclusive of all is crucial to individual and community wellbeing

Our Values

Campaigns

GPV conducts a number of campaigns on issues that affect grandparents and their families

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Become a Member

GPV members enjoy the company of other grandparents sharing a commitment to improve the quality of life of grandchildren.

Member Benefits

Grandparents — are we expecting too much? – ABC Radio Program Parental as Anything

Grandparents do so much for our kids. But not every family has a Nanny or Pop in their life. And even when they do, keeping the peace can be tricky.

How do you celebrate the joy grandparents bring to your family, while still forging your own path as a parent? How do you ask them not to spoil your kids, or discipline them like it’s 1985? And do you rely too much on them for free childcare?

Anne McLeish, director of Grandparents Australia, joins host of Parental As Anything Maggie Dent, to celebrate the benefits – but to also offer tips on how to foster relationships from afar, what to do if tensions arise over child rearing ideas and what to say if a grandparent is not in their life at all.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/parental-as-anything-with-maggie-dent/grandparents/102439680

End physical punishment of children – protect Australian children

919 people have signed this petition to end physical punishment of Australian children.

In 1979, Sweden was the first country in the world to prohibit all physical punishment of children, including in the home. As of September 2022, 63 countries, including New Zealand, have done the same. Lawmakers in these countries listened to the experts in the field. They also listened to over 50 years of research that demonstrates the negative outcomes associated with the physical or corporal punishment of children.

It’s time Australia listened too! We need to prioritize the safety of children. This petition is calling on you to help a campaign to end physical punishment of children.

Please sign and ask others to sign the petition, which will be sent to Federal and State Attorneys General urging them to change legislation:

https://www.change.org/p/end-physical-punishment-of-children-protect-australian-children

The Uluru Statement from the Heart

A list of people connected with GPV/KCV offering their support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart. They ask their families and friends to do the same and call on the Australian Government to urgently address the issues raised in the statement.

Campaigns

GPV conducts a number of campaigns on issues that affect grandparents and their families

Abolition of corporal punishment
Abolition of corporal punishment
The campaign calls for the Australian Government to make corporal punishment of children and young people illegal across Australia. GPV/KCV believes that violence against children is never appropriate, even in the context of discipline. It can do long-term damage to…
Support for kinship carers
Support for kinship carers
GPV/KCV is committed to amplifying the voices of kinship care families within government, improving the visibility of kinship carers and raising understanding of carer families and carers’ roles. GPV/KCV calls for: The Victorian Government to increase the allowance to kinship…
Improving education for all
Improving education for all
Since 2004 GPV/KCV has been campaigning for improvements in provision of education services to all children and young people. Since 2010 GPV/KCV has been particularly concerned about provision of education services to children and young people in out of home…
Opposing Fast-Tracking of Adoption
Opposing Fast-Tracking of Adoption
GPA/GPV has written an open letter in response to the Breaking Barriers report released by the Australian government’s standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs on 27 November 2018. To read the full letter, click here. In August, the…
Raise Minimum Age for Criminal Responsibility
Raise Minimum Age for Criminal Responsibility
Raise the Age Campaign The newly elected ACT Government has committed to change the law and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility! When the state and territory Attorneys-General met on 29 July 2020 they made the disappointing decision to…
Adequate Income Support for Jobseekers
Adequate Income Support for Jobseekers
GPA/GPV/KCV* believes that everyone has the right to a life free from poverty. We are concerned about the inadequacy of the Jobseeker (formerly Newstart) Payment and how this inadequacy affects many informal kinship carers. The Senate Community Affairs References Committee…

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Grandparents Victoria (GPV) is a statewide non- profit organisation of grandparents working together to shape a positive future for all children in Victoria.

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