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Supporting families
— a consultation document | | Author(s) | Jack Straw |
| Corporate Author | Ministerial Group on the Family, Home Office |
| Publisher | The Stationery Office Group [on behalf of the Home Office], London, 1998 |
| Pages | 56 pp |
| Source | TSO, Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT. (Comments to: Katharine Bramwell, Voluntary and Community Unit, Room 230, Horseferry House, Dean Ryle Street, London SW1P 2AW.) |
| Keywords | The Family ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | This consultation document, on which comments are invited by 31 January 1999, concentrates on five areas where government believes it could make a difference to families: provision of access, advice, support and services; improving financial support; helping to balance work and home; strengthening marriage and reducing the risks of family breakdown; and tackling more serious problems such as domestic violence. The role suggested for grandparents is likely to be of most interest. Question 7 of the consultation seeks views on the support which might be provided by grandparents including: the best way to involve them in children's education, and how best to involve older volunteers in schools; best practice for grandparents as foster carers; involvement of the health visitor; and the need to consider wider family needs when allocating housing. A section on domestic violence includes recognition of the problem of elder abuse. Question 20 seeks views on ways to tackle more serious family problems, and how local and national awareness campaigns on domestic violence might best be developed. The summary is also published separately as a leaflet. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981116002 B |
| Classmark | SJ: TM2: 6OA |
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