Access to grandchildren after separation - campaigning figurehead needed!

It's definitely not a job for a royal. It could get political, though not necessarily party political. Best to have a member of the Lords in order to have sufficient clout and the necessary contacts. But who?

Out all morning so just caught the Joan Bakewell chat.
So glad she responded to the question on this subject.
I asked a similar question on the Esther Rantzen item but was disappointed at her response.
Right!! GNs get writing -your MP and Michael Gove MP to start.
I heard Nina Mishkov give an emotional and supportive response to this issue on a Sunday morning TV programme in Nov last.
Louis de Berniers the author spoke in a recent Radio 4 interview of his heartbreak/despair and the effect of separation for grandparents.
Could we get a question asked on 'Question Time'.Did one of the Mumsnet /Gransnet team once appear on the panel of this programme.

I don't think me and the Royals would get alomg Jings

I think they're all parasites They might not be that interested in loss of contact with grandchildren

One of the minor older royals might take it one. Princess Alexandra?

You could contact Buck house.

Esther Rantzen was on here last November. Here is her reply to my question:

Carol:

Welcome Esther - ditto what has been said about grandparents and their loss of contact with their grandchildren through divorce and separation. Have you any advice or can you link us to a thriving organisation that will benefit from the power of a group of Gransnetters? I am lucky to be reunited with my grandson very recently, but the sense of loss and despair I have experienced I will remember for the rest of my life, and I now know that my grandson has been bewildered about not being able to see me - he keeps checking when he will see me again and asking if that's a promise - he knows I keep my promises. Thanks.

You are so right. I have had so many letters over the years from grandparents who feel just as you do. The young need the old. And vice versa. (Not that there are any "old" any more. I have a friend of 102 and even he is described as "elderly"). Anyway, although grandparents have no legal rights at the moment, everything depends on the attitudes of the parents, of course. So I'm delighted your story has ended happily. And good luck and much sympathy to all the others who have been through the same awful experience. xxx

Unfortunately, Esther didn't rise to the challenge and make any suggestions about an organisation we could link with, in her answer.

I was thinking Esther Rantzen too glass.......I think she's in the process of setting up a Help Line for older people (similar model to Child Line), so would be a good figurehead.

Ester Rantzen?

Well, there is someone who thinks a lot of his own grandmother.

wonderful, caring grandmother

Or is that aiming a bit too high?