Welcome to Grandparents Australia
Grandparents Australia
Grandparents Australia Inc. was formed in 2002 as a non-profit organisation to:
- Promote the role and needs of grandparents and grandchildren
- Undertake public awareness campaigns and research projects relevant to the interests and needs of grandparents and grandchildren
- Liaise with the federal, state, and local governments on matters of significance to grandparents and grandchildren
Thriving Kids – A new national program
Dear Carers,
At halfway through the 2025-26 financial year we are able to report that a great number (approx. 400) of you have attended KCV face-to-face seminars. If the trend continues through the second half of the financial year, we will set a record for the highest number of attendances. Some of these activities are funded by the Victorian Government’s Carer Kafe program of learning and development for carers.
This year we have also sent carers to the National Loneliness Conference and a conference on poverty in Bangkok.
Kinship carers, be they statutory, voluntary or informal carers, often express their appreciation at being able to gather with other carers and meet expert speakers. The feedback we are receving from you verifies the value of these gatherings. Thankyou and well done to all of you who have made these actvities so successful and such fun.
See you at the next seminar.
Cheers,
Anne McLeish, OAM
Director
Loneliness - A GPA/GPV/KCV Occasional Paper
Dear Readers,
Late last year a number of GPV/KCV Board members attended the national Ending Loneliness Together Conference in Melbourne. As a result, the Board decided to highlight the problem and the need for each one of us take some action to address this worldwide issue.
This paper is food for thought and ends with some helpful tip sheets drawn from the Ending Loneliness Together website.
I recommend it to you all.
Cheers,
Anne McLeish, OAM
Director
A new video from GPV/KCV on positive discipline
GPV/KCV is pleased to launch its video on positive discipline.
It is a feature in the GPV/KCV campaign to ensure that physical punishment of children is made illegal across Australia.
The video is a reminder that positive discipline can work and should be viewed in conjunction with reading written materials on positive discipline.
Non-physical types of discipline for children and young people (booklet)
Reasons not to hit children (article)
Physical punishment in Australia (video)
GPV/KCV commends signing the petition to have physical punishment made illegal across Australia.
https://www.change.org/p/end-physical-punishment-of-children-protect-australian-children
One in three Aussie grandparents regularly babysit their grandkids but care is mostly falling on women
Article by Zena Chamas, published 13 Nov 2024 on abc.net.au
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A new video from GPV/KCV on positive discipline
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