As part of the Strategy for Older People, the Welsh Assembly Government commissioned the Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF) to produce a report summarising our current knowledge about grandparents. However there has never been an extensive study of grandparenting in Wales, and BJF were forced to look at wider studies from the UK as a whole.
Quoting from various research studies they found amongst other things that : -
In December 2005 the Assembly set up a working group to look at the findings within the context of the Parenting Action Plan, and to make appropriate recommendations.
Children in Wales were represented on this group by Tony Ivens, Fatherhood Development Officer Tel: 029 2034 2434