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Protect, Support, Provide: Examining the role played by grandparents in families at risk of poverty, 02/03/10 [W/E/NI/S]

Grandparents in low-income families risk financial hardship to provide free childcare, according to a new report from Grandparents Plus and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

The report "Protect, Support, Provide" highlights that grandparents in families most at risk of poverty are under increasing pressure to take on a caring role.

The report found that:

One in three families relies on grandparental childcare each week, rising to one in two for single parent families;
One in three carers who are family or friends give up paid work when they take on the care of a child, and a further three in 10 reduce their paid working hours;
Three out of four carers who are family or friends experience financial hardship when they take on the care of a child. (Approximately 200,000 families in Britain). More than one in three of these carers (35 per cent) are single parent grandparents.

The report is available to download from the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.

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