Gransnet and Campaigns

You can start your own, Jingle, on www.change.org

There's one on by Jack Monroe, to make the budget next week one to stop hunger. It needs lots more signatures.

weownit.org.uk/blog/five-reasons-why-conservatives-should-sign-public-service-users-bill

Here's another one for Gransnet to get hot under the collar about, Jingle.
Find out if your MP has signed up to the early day motion.

I wonder what the thinking is behind Gransnet's choice. It seems to have so little, really, to do with grandparents. Well, I appreciate we have concerns for our grandkids' future emotional wellbeing. That goes without saying. But still. [shrug]

Yes quite. We don't want our grandsons and granddaughters growing up with this crap all over the place do we.

I guess it's easy to have your name added to a list of prominent supporters. And, of course, it is extra publicity.

A real campaign, started by Gransnet, and for grandparents, would take effort and expense.

Not sure I agree with regard to expense Jingl there are ways of getting things into the public arena without spending money.

I agree that supporting the Denied contact Grandparents would be a great choice of campaign, I think the page 3 needs supporting too but cant we do both.

Phoenix extra staff required?

Ooh! It could be you!

You could do it easily.

So could you, Jingle. You started this thread so you must have an idea of what you want it to be about.
Go on www.change.org and see if there is already a thread on denied contact. If not start one. It costs nothing. They do ask you for money but you could just ignore it.

Just looked. There isn't one currently so start one Jingle.
The last one which is now closed only got 55 signatures. I am sure you could get more than that.

I don't want to do it. But then, you could say I haven't started a business with the intent of making profits largely through the online verbal contributions of grandparents. But of course I would n't dream of saying that.

All I am saying, and I will put this in the simplest of terms so it is easily understood, is, if a grandparenting forum wishes to campaign, there might be worthisr causes than getting rid of page 3. Excellent though that cause might be. And is.

Why did I start this thread? I am probably back on the road to getting barred. Again.

I was cleaning my teeth last night and thinking of a thread about the child being taken away. And I thought, "Why don't they start a fucking campaign about something really serious like that!"

Shoot me now.

Agree with you 100% Jings. Please don't get barred again.

What's to stop you starting a campaign yourself. If it gets enough support GN might adopt it.
I think that's what happened about page 3. Quite a lot of people had already complained about it on GN

So agree with you jingle and*glass or two*. a campaign against page 3 seems very trivial compared with the issue of 'Denied Contact for Grandparents' which has probably had more postings than any other subject.

I actually think that getting rid of page three is as good a cause as grandparents' rights.
I never swear, let alone when I'm brushing my teeth.

We followed on from Mumsnet with the (excellent!) Page 3 campaign. Just think perhaps one of GN' s own.....

I think campaigning for grandparents "rights" is fraught with complications. Sometimes grandparents are not allowed access for extremely good reasons.
It's a bit like campaigning for divorced fathers "rights" - there are many dads and kids that are suffering. But there are also many cases where dads are a danger to their children or ex wives. So how could you "campaign" on behalf of the good guys? I would not know how on earth to word such a petition.

And I don't think many of these online petitions started by ordinary individuals ever get anywhere. Takes a "name" or a well-known organisation.

I go along with fostering a child where necessary. Never adoption when against the wishes of blood relatives.