Grandparents Parenting meet

The Grandparents Parenting group hopes to raise awareness at a meeting at The Web youth centre at the Peninsula Community Centre on Monday, April 4.

Grandparents Parenting has been running for almost six years in the Woy Woy area, and originally started as a craft group.

The group began as a support for grandparents raising grandchildren full time, because their parents were unable to cope.

The group will be looking for more awareness from the community and to speak to others in the same situation when it meets at The Web youth centre from 10am on April 4, to discuss the services that are available to grandparents.

There were currently 12 members in the group, which group member Sister Pat Barton described as "just the tip of the iceberg".

"There are 31,000 grandparents caring full time for children across Australia," Ms Barton said.

"The government isn't interested in giving support to grandparents helping their grandchildren.

"They can't get legal aid because they have a home or mortgage."

The group meets once a month on a regular basis for support, and sometimes has a guest speaker.

The group usually meets at St John the Baptist in Woy Woy on the first Monday of the month, excluding public and school holidays.

The sessions start at 9.30am.

For more information, contact 4341 0220.

Lyle Stone, March 16