Winter Webinar Series 2025
Seven 60 min webinars.
No fee. Book online now.
Ambiguous loss & grief: what is it and why is it important to grandchildren
A grandchild losing a living person in their life such as a grandparent is known as an ambiguous loss. The ensuing ambiguous or uncertain grief has significant short, medium and long-term impacts on both grandchild and grandparent.
This session will help you understand these impacts on grandchildren and what can be done to minimise them.
Wed 8 January 2025
at 615pm online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm.
Launch of the Grandchildren's Charter
Our Grandchild Charter sets out how we aim for professionals, organisations and courts work with grandchildren who are actively prevented from seeing their safe grandparent.
This session will take you through the Charter and why it is important for grandchildren.
Mon 13 January 2025 at 300pm online via Microsoft Teams.
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm.
Ages & stages of child development: what you need to know & why
As grandchildren grow, they develop and mature physically, psychologically and cognitively. Understanding this will help you understand how your decisions as a parent, professional or organisation affect a grandchild at the time of decision and in their future.
This session gives you an overview of the main stages of child development and how understanding it is important for those who work with grandchildren of all ages.
Tue 21 January 2025
at 700pm online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm.
Waiting to reconnect with your grandchild? What you can do in the meantime
During an emotionally difficult time, it is challenging to know what to do to help you cope in what is essentially a long-term waiting period.
This session goes through some 'things you can do' in the meantime to help you cope and to prepare for your grandchild's reconnection.
It also includes aspects for older grandparents who may be concerned their grandchild will never get to know them before their time runs out.
Grandparents: what you can do
Wed 22 January 2025 at 6pm online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm
Preparing for reunification: the practicalities for grandparents
Reunification in any relationship is not easy, but is harder when a young child for example is now a teenager with only distant memories of a grandparent but a heart of love and expectation.
Essential things to know when reunification happens: be prepared!
Wed 12 February 2025
at 615pm online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before.
Preschool grandchildren: will they remember Nan & Grandad?
We are often asked how well can a grandchild recall or remember their grandparent when they were in infancy, toddlerhood or a preschooler?
This webinar takes you through how preschool children from birth to school entry can recall an important person in their life such as their grandparent.
Tue 11 February 2025 at 630pm online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm
Missed grandchild: the family experience told by Aunt Emma
A grandchild who is actively cut off from their family has other family members such as aunts, uncles and cousins who also miss them and experience loss & grief.
Aunt Emma talks about her own family experience where her niece & nephew are prevented from continuing their relationship with her and other safe family members.
Sat 25 January 2025
at 1115am online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link will be made available the day before. Last booking 6pm.