Letter to NSPCC
Added: (Sun Oct 15 2006)
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Dear NSPCC in your advert is a baby in hospital badly hurt, the parents said he fell down the stairs. Another one shows Rex looking in a rubbish bag to get his own supper again. Another portrays a child coming home from school to abuse. In the William advert, you say £2.00p a month will keep him safe. How? You don’t know of the abuse until it has happened. In the Miles advert you invite persons unknown to help them stamp out child abuse. Grandparents are desperate to help stamp out child abuse but they do need backing in their campaign to help put a full stop to it.
Will you support grandparents cry for legal right of contact with their grandchildren, not parental rights, just the right to contact them a couple of hours a month and to send birthday cards and Christmas cards, phone calls, e-mails and texts and to spot possible abuse early on.
A lot of abuse could be avoided by ‘Grandparents having legal rights of contact’. With their experience they can usually spot if there is trouble brewing and look out for the children. At the moment they are not even allowed by law to see their grandchildren if the resident parent/s wish it, even if they have done no wrong. The parent/s even defy the law and the law builds a brick wall around them allowing no-one to know if the kids are OK.
A recent case history.
A granny phoned up the other night in a terrible state, but would not give me a contact number. Her granddaughter had just been headbutted by her stepfather and was in a terrible mess. The granny had already reported his abuse on the little girl before and he was charged and is now waiting to go to court.
The granny’s daughter who is the mother of the little girl, has banned the granny from seeing her granddaughter on the orders of the stepfather. He even forced the little girl and her mother to lie about the assault. The granny is desperately fearful for her granddaughter.
How can we stop this abuse when no-one is allowed access at the whim of the parent and boyfriend. The law is protecting this couple to abuse children as long as they want. Without legal rights of contact between grandparents/grandchildren this abuse will continue.
Grandparents Apart Self Help Group Scotland
Jimmy Deuchars.
22 Alness Crescent
0141 882 5658
Glasgow G52 1PJ
jimmy@grandparents.co.uk
www.grandparentsapart.co.uk